Although travelling with a food intolerance can disrupt the experience, limited academic research has considered the impact of food intolerance on travel behaviour. Considering the notions of inherent, situational, and pathogenic vulnerabilities; and avoidance motivation, this research note uses an autoethnographic approach to explore the experience of travelling with a food intolerance in rural New Zealand. The findings suggest the situational vulnerability experienced by being in a foreign location exacerbates the inherent vulnerabilities of having a food intolerance and exposes the individual to pathogenic vulnerabilities by food service providers attempting to cater for intolerances. In response, multiple avoidance mechanisms are adopted to reduce the impact on the individual; resulting in a low spend within the rural community. Accordingly, signage that identifies appropriate food alternatives and operators who can provide it, could help alleviate the impact of having a food intolerance while travelling. However, this work is limited in that it explores the experience of one traveller visiting rural destinations in a developed nation. Future work may use a larger sample across different geographic areas to determine how rural destinations may better serve travellers with a food intolerance.

尽管因食物不耐受而旅行会破坏体验，但有限的学术研究已考虑到食物不耐受对旅行行为的影响。考虑内在，情境和致病性漏洞的概念；和回避动机，本研究报告使用自传民族志方法来探索在新西兰农村因食物不耐受而旅行的经历。研究结果表明，在异地经历的情境脆弱性加剧了患有食物不耐症的固有脆弱性，并使食品服务提供者试图应对不容忍行为而使个体面临致病性脆弱性。作为回应，采取了多种回避机制，以减少对个人的影响；导致农村社区的支出较低。因此，标识适当食物替代品的标志以及可以提供这种食物的经营者，可以帮助减轻旅行中食物不耐症的影响。但是，这项工作的局限性在于它探索了一个旅行者前往发达国家乡村地区旅行的经历。未来的工作可能会使用更大的样本跨越不同的地理区域，以确定农村目的地如何更好地为不耐食物的旅客提供服务。