I was also on the road quite a bit last summer (had a conference and then moving) and managed to stick with being a vegan while eating out, eating at my brother's home, etc. I did end up eating a lot of salad bar lunches and bean burritos for dinner, but I was fine with that.
I also made sure to have sources of protein that traveled well (nuts and seeds and Luna bars, mainly) so that if I got stuck eating something at a restaurant that was vegan but didn't have protein (such as a garden salad or a pasta marinara dish) then I could munch on some nuts afterwards to get the full protein. In the mornings, I would stick with fruit and toast, but later hop to a Starbucks or something similar and order a soy latte to get the protein in the soy milk. So you have to be creative sometimes but I haven't not found it too much of a problem. And we were traveling mainly in rural areas, not big cities.
The one thing that was difficult from what I usually experience was ice cream cravings. But that was mainly because my parents (who I was traveling with) are addicted to Dairy Queen!
Hope that helps. Honestly - I would not discount trying to stay vegan while traveling just because it is more of a challenge. As long as you're prepared to be up front with asking wait people about whether a dish has dairy/eggs in it or not, asking them to make it without, and keeping protein sources in the car, then I think you should be fine. I ate well during that month and a half and actually lost some weight!
Tam
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