Calling fellow over-planners: what was worth obsessing over vs. not?

Hey 👋🏼

I am at the early stages of planning a two week trip for next May, it will be me and my husband’s first time in Japan and this is his dream trip. I’m the travel planner in our household and I’m really excited for this one and want to make it special.

I’ve read a lot of insightful posts in this and other subs about getting super fatigued with planning and it even impacting how excited people became about their trip before they left.

So, those of you who have already come back from your trips, I’m curious:

What were you grateful you’d spend time researching? What felt like a waste of time once you arrived? What was your most valuable planning resource?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!✌🏼

(edit: grammar)