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Tour Dietary Needs Form

Collect each traveler's dietary preferences and food allergies before your tour, then give guides and meal providers a clear list to confirm and plan.

A ready-to-use travel & tourism form for small teams who need a reliable intake process: 9 questions, 2 pages, 4 conditional rules.

Questions: 9
Pages: 2
Layouts: classic · card
Time to complete: ≈ 4 min
Conditional rules: 4

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Page 1 of 2 — Traveler and Tour

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Payment items priced — passingEvery payment question charges a real amount, so a submission always records a payment.
Conditional logic resolves — passingEvery rule points at a question or page that exists in this template.
Medical disclaimer present — passingThis form does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Information you share here is not a substitute for care from a qualified clinician. In an emergency, contact your local emergency service immediately.
Question labels unique — passingLogic and exports address questions by label, so duplicates are ambiguous.

What happens after submit: nothing is stored in this preview. On your own copy, every response triggers an instant email notification and lands in your response dashboard, ready to export or forward.

Happy with it? Take a copy into your workspace — every question, rule and setting comes with it.

Who this template is for

Tour Dietary Needs Form is built for small teams who need a reliable intake process who need to collect the same complete information from everyone.

Small teams who need a reliable intake process working in travel & tourism.
Teams who need to collect the same complete information from everyone without writing code or paying for a custom build.
Anyone replacing chasing missing details over email with one structured record per enquiry.
Respondents are the people you send it to — the form asks them 9 questions across 2 screens.
Mobile-heavy audiences, thanks to the one-question-per-screen card layout.

Why this form is useful

It removes the cost of chasing missing details over email and turns each submission into a record your team can act on immediately.

5 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
It collects a verified email address so replies and confirmations land.
It pins the request to a specific date.
It allows multiple selections without free text.
Conditional logic hides 4 questions until they are relevant — shorter forms convert better than long ones.
Splitting the form across 2 pages keeps each screen short and shows respondents how much is left.
Every response is stored, searchable and exportable, so nothing depends on one person's inbox.

How to use this template

From copy to live form is a few minutes of work, and every step is reversible.

1Press “Use this template” — a fresh copy of Tour Dietary Needs Form lands in your workspace, ready to edit.
2Rename or delete any question, and change what is required. Nothing here is fixed.
3Open Notifications and add the email addresses that should be alerted on each submission; add an auto-reply to the respondent if the form collects an email address.
4Publish it, then either share the link directly or paste the embed snippet into your site — the embedded form resizes to fit and loads no marketing or advertising trackers.
5Watch responses land in Submissions, where you can filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF.

Logic and conditions blueprint

Exactly how this form behaves as it is answered — 4 conditional rules ship with it.

Features advanced show logic: if “Dietary Needs to Report” is Dietary preferences only, the form dynamically exposes “Meal Preferences”. Otherwise that question never appears.
Features advanced show logic: if “Dietary Needs to Report” is Both preferences and food allergies, the form dynamically exposes “Meal Preferences”. Otherwise that question never appears.
Features advanced show logic: if “Dietary Needs to Report” is Food allergies only, the form dynamically exposes “Food Allergy Details”. Otherwise that question never appears.
Features advanced show logic: if “Dietary Needs to Report” is Both preferences and food allergies, the form dynamically exposes “Food Allergy Details”. Otherwise that question never appears.
All 4 rules are editable in the Logic tab, and the built-in checker warns about rules that contradict each other.

About this template

Use this form after travelers have joined a tour and before you finalize included meals. Collect one response per traveler, including people who have no dietary needs to report. A complete list is more useful than assuming that silence means someone can eat the standard menu. Keep dietary preferences separate from food allergies. The form opens the relevant detail fields based on the traveler's selection, so someone requesting vegetarian meals does not have to work through allergy questions. Ask for specific foods or ingredients rather than broad descriptions such as “special diet.” Do not request diagnoses, medical records, or unrelated health history. Set your response deadline around the meal providers' ordering deadlines, leaving time to clarify incomplete answers. Match submissions to the tour name and departure date; use the booking reference to distinguish similar names or travelers sharing a reservation. If a traveler selects an allergy but leaves the details blank, follow up before marking their meal arrangements as reviewed. Give each provider only the information needed for the meals they will prepare. Ask them to confirm what they can accommodate, including any concerns the traveler raised about shared preparation areas. Record that confirmation separately from the traveler's request. A submitted form is not a promise that every meal can be adapted. Tell travelers which requests are confirmed, which remain unresolved, and how to report changes before departure.

What this form asks

Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.

Page 1 — Traveler and Tour

Traveler Full Namerequired
Contact Emailrequired
Booking Reference
Tour Namerequired
Tour Departure Daterequired

Page 2 — Meal Requirements

Dietary Needs to Reportrequired
Meal Preferences
Food Allergy Details
Additional Meal Notes

9 questions in total.

Example: A Traveler With Two Meal Requirements

A fictional traveler requests vegetarian meals and reports a sesame allergy for an upcoming walking tour.

Traveler Full Name: Mira Fenwick
Tour Name: River Villages Walking Tour
Tour Departure Date: 2026-09-18
Dietary Needs to Report: Both preferences and food allergies
Meal Preferences: Vegetarian
Food Allergy Details: Sesame, including tahini and sesame oil. Please ask providers to confirm their shared-equipment arrangements.

How the form changes as it's filled in

This template ships with 4 conditional rules, grouped into 3 behaviours driven by 1 question. Everything below is already set up — edit or delete any rule once the template is in your workspace.

Driven by “Dietary Needs to Report”

Reveals questions
If “Dietary Needs to Report” is Dietary preferences only, the form reveals “Meal Preferences”.
Reveals questions
If “Dietary Needs to Report” is Both preferences and food allergies, the form reveals “Meal Preferences” and “Food Allergy Details”.
Reveals questions
If “Dietary Needs to Report” is Food allergies only, the form reveals “Food Allergy Details”.

Set it up step by step

1
Send It With the Confirmed Itinerary
Include the form link when you share the tour name, departure date, and included meals. Ask for one submission per traveler rather than one summary for the whole booking.
2
Set a Provider-Based Deadline
Check when restaurants and caterers need final requests, then set your traveler deadline earlier so you have time to resolve vague answers and missing allergy details.
3
Build a Meal-by-Meal Handoff
Group responses by departure and map each request to the included meals it affects. Share only the relevant traveler identifier and dietary details with each provider.
4
Confirm Requests Individually
Track provider replies outside the submission. Contact each traveler with confirmed arrangements and unresolved requests instead of treating receipt of the form as approval.

Mistakes to avoid

Treating a missing submission as confirmation that a traveler has no dietary needs.
Combining everyone on a group booking into one response, making it unclear who needs which meal.
Promising accommodation before each meal provider has reviewed the request and confirmed its preparation arrangements.

What it pairs with

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What to do with the responses

Review submissions by departure date, clarify incomplete requests, and send each meal provider a focused list. Confirm the outcome with travelers and give them a clear contact for changes.

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Privacy & compliance

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Frequently asked questions

Should travelers with no dietary needs complete this form?

Yes. The “No dietary needs” option distinguishes a reviewed response from a traveler who has not answered. Those travelers can leave the meal detail fields blank.

Can one person submit for an entire group?

A coordinator can complete the form on travelers' behalf, but should submit a separate response for each person. Use Group Travel Registration to collect the group roster, then link these dietary responses using traveler names and booking references.

Where should travelers enter food intolerances or religious meal requirements?

Use Meal Preferences for listed options and Additional Meal Notes for intolerances or specific preparation and certification requirements. Keep food allergies in Food Allergy Details so the team does not mistake them for preferences.

Does submitting this form confirm that a request can be met?

No. The tour team needs to check with the relevant providers and reply separately. If a request remains unresolved, tell the traveler which meal is affected and what still needs discussion before departure.

Is the Tour Dietary Needs Form template free to use?

Yes. You can preview and test Tour Dietary Needs Form on this page without an account, and take a copy into your own HelloForms workspace on the free plan. There is nothing to install and no card required to publish it.

What does the Tour Dietary Needs Form template ask for?

It asks 9 questions across 2 pages, 5 of which are required. Every question is listed in full further down this page, and each one can be renamed, reordered, made optional or deleted after you copy the template.

Can I edit the Tour Dietary Needs Form form after copying it?

Yes — the copy is entirely yours. Change wording, add or remove questions, switch between the classic and card layouts, restyle it to match your brand, and set who gets notified on each submission.

How does the conditional logic in this travel & tourism form work?

4 conditional rules ship with the template: Features advanced show logic: if “Dietary Needs to Report” is Dietary preferences only, the form dynamically exposes “Meal Preferences”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Dietary Needs to Report” is Both preferences and food allergies, the form dynamically exposes “Meal Preferences”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Dietary Needs to Report” is Food allergies only, the form dynamically exposes “Food Allergy Details”. Otherwise that question never appears. All rules are editable in the Logic tab.

Where do responses to the Tour Dietary Needs Form form go?

Submissions land in your workspace under Submissions, where you can search, filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF. You can also email a notification to your team on every submission and send the respondent an auto-reply.

Can I embed the Tour Dietary Needs Form form on my own website?

Yes. Publish the form and paste the embed snippet into any page or share the direct link. The embedded form resizes to fit its container and loads no advertising or marketing trackers inside the iframe.

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