It's not a lot of use now, but I would echo this advice for the future.

I recently flew from London to Queenstown, arriving 36 hours before starting one of the Great Walks. If the hiking gear - particularly boots - had not turned up, the walk would have been in jeopardy. I didn't fancy my chances of buying at short notice a pair of new boots that would fit my feet, and starting a multi-day hike with brand new boots. So all the hiking gear was hand carried to ZQN, just in case. (Of course, this guaranteed that the checked bags were promptly delivered there as planned.)

It's different for anything else that can be easily replaced at the destination. And it's different on the way home when it doesn't matter if the boots don't turn up for a few days.