Why Use Menu Planning Software?
Food planning and preparation is the biggest challenge for any group organizing an extended duration trip. Camping van tours, backpacks, and river trips don’t often have the option of using a restaurant for meals; the organizers have to find a way to feed their group, frequently in a primative wilderness setting. Arranging food for a large group can be extremely time-consuming unless done efficiently. It requires menu planning, food purchasing, sorting, repackaging, and obtaining a field commissary (dishes, pots, stove, coolers, etc.). Commercial adventure travel operators resolve these problems with an investment in equipment; thoroughly-tested food plans; and a highly trained staff who cook all of the meals for their clients. Unless everyone supplies their own food, non-commercial travel groups must find a way to replicate these services. Most of our friends prefer group over individual food because it frees them to explore on days they aren’t needed on the cook team. While leading t
