Low-power parties

Some people on your list can simply be overruled. Ask who absorbs cost or risk while lacking any real ability to object, delay, or change the plan. Being present or named is not the same as having a vote.

Some people on your list can simply be overruled. Ask who absorbs cost or risk while lacking any real ability to object, delay, or change the plan. Being present or named is not the same as having a vote.

Example

On the lake trip: the 15-year-old cousin handed four days of babysitting, and the host friend who cannot say no without seeming rude. Both are in the group chat. Neither can change the itinerary the three loud adults built.