I'm stable now, but back in the days when I wasn't, I pretty much always carried a big back with a bunch of "essentials": imodium, fiber supp, crackers and other safe snacks, tea bags, etc. If I knew I'd be traveling for a while, I'd take my heating pad.
I've never been shy about telling people that I have "digestive problems", so if it ever comes up, I say exactly that.
The safest foods in restaurants are grilled or baked chicken breast or fish, baked potatoes, and steamed veggies. Bagels are almost always safe for breakfast - be sure to ask for it toasted, NOT grilled, and eat it with jelly or jam. Wendy's and Subway are my favorites for safe fast food. When ordering a chicken sandwich from a diner, be sure to ask if it's fried - up here, anyway, EVERYTHING is fried, haha.
In most restaurants and definitely in diners, if you don't see something that'll work for you on the menu, don't be afraid to ask. If it makes you feel better, justify it to the waitress as "severe food allergies". Nobody wants a patron dying in their restaurant, and so they'll find a way to accomodate you. LOL! Sometimes a little white lie isn't a bad thing.
Really, it sounds simplistic, but the best thing you can do is take a deep breath, enjoy your trip, and let whatever happens, happen. People do get D all the time, and although it's painful and unpleasant for US, it doesn't faze most other people at all. You take your imodium, you relax quietly till it kicks in. If anyone gives you lip, you tell them where to go.  But a lot of us find that our IBS doesn't act up while traveling, probably because vacations make a person so relaxed!
Good luck, and enjoy your trip!
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