The brochure describes the organization of meals on a tourist trip, taking into account the complexity of the route and type of tourism. The experience accumulated by amateur tourists and supported by subsequent theoretical developments is summarized. Methods for compiling food rations, selecting, recording and storing products, and other information useful for tourists are provided. This publication also includes recommendations for monitoring the physical condition of hike participants. The materials are presented in accordance with the training programs for tourist-athletes and schoolchildren and are intended for a wide range of tourist-athletes, tourist-schoolchildren, their leaders, geologists, prospectors, travelers, and family tourism lovers. Housewives will find here useful recommendations on how to plan a family's meals in conditions of a limited budget and lack of food. The author Alexey Aleksandrovich Alekseev is a tourist with thirty years of experience, who owns a number of publications on this topic.