# Does anyone else approach travelling primarily from a "stomach space budget" perspective? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** vacation-travel\ **Created:** [December 29, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-approach-travelling-primarily-from-a-stomach-space-budget-perspective/1012305 "2024-12-29T17:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-approach-travelling-primarily-from-a-stomach-space-budget-perspective/1012305/41 "2024-12-30T00:25:07Z")
We’ll plan one of two special nights out, typically eating at highly recommended local places. Beyond that we’ll do some research and have places in mind, but we generally play it by ear once we’re in country. We also get street food quite often, or visit markets where you just grab things from stalls. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-approach-travelling-primarily-from-a-stomach-space-budget-perspective/1012305/42 "2024-12-30T02:51:30Z")
Who diet’s at xmas or in Spain? I’ve worked really hard to cut weight and down 30 pounds since peak covid. And I usually only eat after about 5pm. Still, if it’s a travelling vacation, I want to eat the local food. Sure, I’m probably doing serious portion control and not cleaning the plate for every meal, but feel no need to limit to 1,800 calories/day or whatever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-approach-travelling-primarily-from-a-stomach-space-budget-perspective/1012305.md?page=2)