We are booked, both hotel and flights, for late Dec. into early Jan., meaning we've paid for the flights and paid half of the hotel costs. The airline is offering free changes (essentially, we can cancel and get a voucher for the dollar amount), and the hotel has changed their policy to have only a minimal fee for cancellation up to 30 days in advance if they retain the deposit against future reservations, so why not? We just need to decide what we're actually doing by Thanksgiving. I know we're fortunate to be able to afford to do this, but we can, and the hotel, where we've been treated very well for years, can I'm sure use the deposit money right now.