I know exactly what you are going through. I myself have 2 settings, binge and restrict. Right now I am restricting but I have no idea how to eat in between. As for bingeing and getting emotional eating under control--I recently read a book called Shrink Yourself. It does a great job of helping you to dissect the reasons that we eat when we aren't hungry. He also has a number of exercises (which I have to admit I didn't do), however, I still found the book to be incredibly helpful for at least helping me to understand why I do what I do.
If you can, I would just go on your vacation and try to enjoy yourself and worry about dieting when you get back.
BTW, one of the "failure traps" the author points out is dieting for a specific event. I'm not saying this pertains to you because I don't know you're situation but it might.
I think it is worth a read.
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