You're weighing whether an advisor is worth it, and the test is the day something fails. If you've been stranded once, you remember the helplessness more than how it ended. Some of that day is movable and some isn't, and almost nobody tells you which parts are which, or who can change them.
Rum from the resort, a carving, a bottle from the airport shop. What goes on the form, who in the family gets an allowance of their own, and how much of one a single bottle of spirits uses up.
The card comes out, and the question about travel insurance arrives with it. It reads like an upsell at the worst moment. In Ontario it's something else.
The instinct is to ask for everything, because none of it seems expensive to request. Deciding what the week is about, and what it isn't, is what turns a wish list into a trip that fits.
You're about to plan a trip that matters, and you've only ever booked online. You're not sure what the conversation is for, or whether you'll know enough to hold up your end. This is what a good one sounds like, so you can recognize it and settle in.