1. Name the constraint
Write the ingredient, forms to avoid, language, destination, and any restaurant question. Do not rely on an app to carry emergency information you need immediately.
food card / trip 18 · free workflow
Build a Restaurant-Question Travel Card From Your Trip Details
Turn destination, language, ingredients, and emergency preferences into a compact card of restaurant questions you can review before ordering.
allergen fields stay exactinstant, inspectable source path
translation is reviewablenumbers do work in the object
card fits a real order conversationsample data is labeled
What this replaces
keeps ingredient, cross-contact, translation, and emergency fields together while marking machine translation for human review. The result is a small object you can inspect: it carries a count, a context row, and a next action instead of asking you to trust a paragraph.
Tool note. This workflow uses Google Gemini. Google’s Gemini entry point and official help pages were checked on September 12, 2026. Runners-up were a phrasebook (no allergen fields) and a generic translator (no cross-contact question or review reminder). Use sample data first, then decide what information you are comfortable sending to an external AI tool.
The handoff
2. Request strict JSON
Ask Gemini for language, original_question, translated_question, ingredient_terms, cross_contact_question, and review_warning. Tell it to preserve the allergen exactly and flag uncertain translations.
3. Review before printing
Ask a fluent speaker, clinician, or trusted allergy organization to review important wording. Show the card to staff and confirm the answer before ordering.
Prompt shape for the external tool: return only JSON in this form — {"heading":"…","metric":"…","rows":[{"label":"…","detail":"…","value":"…"}],"next":"…"}. The companion app below uses the same visible result shape locally and makes no AI request.
Try the luggage board
Load a sample, replace it with your own notes, and inspect the generated object. Sample values are illustrative, not verified facts.
Loading the sample object…
What breaks first
A translation drops the ingredient
Keep the original language beside the translation and compare each one.
The card sounds like a guarantee
Ask a restaurant what it can prepare; never treat a card as proof that food is safe.
A tiny card hides critical details
Use large type and a short first sentence, with emergency details handled separately.
Boundary. Travel and food-safety boundary: this card supports a conversation and does not guarantee an ingredient-free meal or replace your clinician’s emergency plan. Confirm answers with restaurant staff and follow the medical plan you already use.
Go deeper without losing the free path
The free board is complete on purpose. The companion app adds a tangible file, history, or handoff only after the result is useful: a print-ready multi-language card and saved destination versions; 6 phrases × about 2 minutes of layout work = roughly 12 minutes avoided per destination
open the luggage companion