Teen Traveling with School: Hotel Concerns and Meals Away

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MaryM:
Thanks Mac. You know what the saving grace is here? This child HATES chocolate - lol. I am not sure how he is related to me. I know there is a Nathans at Hershey and he can eat those hot dogs but I would have to check about the grill. I am still waiting to hear back from the band director. I will look onto if they still carry Divvies bc he would love to buy a treat.

MaryM:
I am back to this thread. The permission slip for the DC overnight trip came home. DS is now only egg allergic. Its a hard allergy bc its in so many things and flyers are contaminated....lots of things to consider.
I really want him to go without us. He could use that freedom/independence. There is a dinner cruise and I will contact the company that runs it. I am sure that I will have send him safe breakfast food bc eggs are everywhere at those hotel breakfast buffets. They are also stopping at Golden Coral ( :P) on the way home. I will have to send him food for that too and there is some free time when they buy lunch on their own in DC. I am glad this is in May and I have time to plan.
One of DD's friend's moms works at the middle school and teaches 8th grade. She asked me lat night what we were going to do. I said maybe one of us would go but I really don't want to....I really need to call her and talk about how it was last year when she went. We were at a school fundraiser last night and it wasn't a good place to chat.

hezzier:
I have no advice, but I can imagine how you feel. Our middle school doesn't have trips like this, but our school in Illinois did. I can't say that I'm sorry we moved before DS hit MS there. I will be dealing with this for swim team in a 2 years or so.

MaryM:
I contacted the tour company and she sent me some info. I need to call each place they will eat individually. She said Golden Coral will make grilled chicken on a clean grill but I do not think I am comfortable with that...the food on the dinner cruise looks ok - taco bar/Mac and cheese - but I need to call and double check.

We are considering being in the area but not chaperoning. DH's company has an office nearby. He can work from there and if we need to provide food for DS for the dinner cruise, he can just show up at dock and hand it off. Same for when they leave - heat up food in a thermos and hand it to DS before they depart the city for when they stop at Golden Coral..We will see. I need to talk to the school nurse. My friend who works at the school said she is not going. This group is notoriously bad and there have been false accusations made against some teachers this year. She doesn't want to even take a chance.

Macabre:
“Clean grill” my foot. I laugh when restaurants tell me that.

That sounds like a great plan, MaryM.