Originally Posted by
Zorak
Which I'm totally fine with; just that, it was starting to feel like people were piling on about the lack of buffer in the schedule and maybe distracting from constructive replies to the question.
The only factor is that the OP has a fiduciary duty to himself to not risk the $2200 trip. If truly no one else could have handled the "morning business", then the risk potential opened, and unfortunately came to fruition. Good people sometimes make poor choices.