Both sides have a point: it is valid to consider local events in travel planning, but claiming that it is a stable and universal sub-part of destination validation seems excessive.
The impact of events is often a conditional variable, not a fixed element of validation.
Here, in Senegal, we see that flexibility is often paramount: if Tabaski or Gamou raises prices in a city, people do not necessarily cancel the trip; they look for another neighborhood or shift dates to adapt.
It is less a complete revalidation than a pragmatic adaptation to ground realities and budgets.