Who knows if we'll get to? But better to plan with the assumption we will - and we'll be set for any future parties we might land in, depending on where our journey takes us.

[ Entirely true, too, even if it's an evasive way of avoiding out loud public mention of their "patron". You never know who might be listening. ]

Oh, definitely browse, assess prices, then the real fun of haggling starts. Why don't you pick which way we go first?