Free Diabetes Travel Downloads
Practical tools to help you plan, prepare, and travel with more confidence.
Traveling with diabetes comes with extra details to manage. These free Glucose Getaways resources help you organize important information, prepare for unexpected situations, communicate your needs, and make planning a little easier.
No purchase required. Download what you need, save it to your phone, or print a copy for your next adventure.
For educational and organizational purposes. Some resources should be completed with or reviewed by your healthcare provider when indicated.
Medical & Diabetes Information
Healthcare Provider Travel Letter Template
A customizable letter template you can bring to your healthcare provider to help document your diabetes, medications, medical devices, supplies, and other travel-related medical needs.
Helpful for: International travel, airport security, medications, and medical supplies
Important: An appropriate healthcare professional must review, complete, and sign this template. It is not a medical document until your provider completes it.
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Medical Card – English Version
A compact, wallet-sized medical identification card designed to clearly communicate important diabetes and emergency information in English while traveling.
Helpful for: Emergencies, healthcare visits, airport security, first responders, and communicating important medical information while traveling
Important: This card is intended as a supplemental identification and communication tool. It does not replace professional medical advice, official medical identification, or emergency medical care.
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Printing the Medical Card
For the printable version, print the PDF double-sided on 8.5 × 11-inch paper at 100% / Actual Size and select Flip on Long Edge. After printing, check that the front and back are aligned, cut around the card, and fill in your information before laminating.
Printer settings and alignment may vary slightly by printer.
Travel Medication Schedule
Keep your medication schedule organized when travel changes your normal routine. Record your usual medication times, departure schedule, destination time zone, travel day plan, and instructions from your healthcare provider all in one place.
Helpful for: Time zone changes, long travel days, and international trips
Important: Always discuss changes to medication or insulin timing with your healthcare provider. This worksheet is for planning and organization, not medication dosing advice.
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Diabetes Travel Companion Sheet
Give your travel companion important information they may need to support you while you’re away from home. Record your diabetes information, medications, devices, emergency contacts, important supplies, and other details you want someone traveling with you to know.
Helpful for: Couples, families, group travel, and anyone traveling with a support person
Tip: Complete this before your trip and review it with your travel companion so they know where your important supplies and information are located.
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Emergency
Lost Medication & Supplies Information Sheet
Losing insulin, medications, CGM supplies, pump supplies, or other essential items while traveling can be stressful. This worksheet keeps the information you may need to begin finding replacements organized and accessible.
Record medication and supply details, healthcare contacts, insurance information, nearby pharmacies, emergency contacts, and other important information before you leave.
Helpful for: Lost luggage, stolen supplies, damaged medications, and unexpected travel delays
Tip: Complete this before traveling and keep both a digital and printed copy separate from your main diabetes supplies.
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Hotel Diabetes Preparation Sheet
Prepare your accommodation around your diabetes needs before you arrive. Use this worksheet to organize hotel information, medication storage plans, nearby pharmacies and medical facilities, room amenities, important requests, and other details that can make your stay easier.
Helpful for: Hotels, resorts, extended stays, and international accommodations
Tip: Contact your accommodation directly before traveling if you need to confirm refrigeration or other important amenities.
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Travel Insurance Comparison Worksheet
Travel insurance policies can look similar until you start reading the details. Compare up to three plans side by side to evaluate the coverage that matters most for your trip and your individual needs.
Compare emergency medical coverage, preexisting condition provisions, medical evacuation, trip cancellation, interruption, medication or supply replacement, baggage coverage, deductibles, assistance services, and more.
Helpful for: International travel, expensive trips, and travelers comparing multiple insurance policies
Important: Coverage, exclusions, preexisting condition provisions, and eligibility requirements vary by policy. Always review the complete policy documentation before purchasing coverage.
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Diabetes Travel Expense Tracker
Plan your travel budget and keep track of what you actually spend throughout your trip, including expenses that may come specifically from traveling with diabetes.
Track flights, accommodations, transportation, food, activities, insurance, diabetes supplies, medications, additional baggage, emergency reserves, and other expenses in one place.
Helpful for: Trip budgeting, tracking actual expenses, and understanding the additional costs of traveling with diabetes
Includes: Planned budget, actual spending, over or under calculations, and a separate diabetes expense breakdown
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Featured Free Resource
Ultimate Diabetes Travel Planner
Your complete diabetes travel preparation resource, created to help you organize the many details that come with traveling with diabetes.
From medications, insulin, pump, and CGM supplies to airport prep, carry-on planning, emergency backups, documents, travel gear, health, safety, packing, and more, this comprehensive planner helps you prepare before you leave home.
21 Page PDF • 100% Free
