I just got a short-notice invitation to meet with a global director of my group at the corporate offices while he is in town for a few days (along with the CEO, VP, and North American Director of my group). Of course, this happens to be while I am scheduled to be away with my family (visiting my parents).

I am pretty bummed about missing this, even if this travel was long-planned and I don't even know if this potential meeting would result in anything tangible other than having some more face-to-face time with someone in a key role within my company. I've been sort of waiting on and working towards a promotion into a role that hasn't been created yet but has been talked about for a few years. Earning my MS, working on network projects, increased traveling to other sites in North America, etc. But it hasn't actualized yet. I'm just feeling nervous lately that it... won't? And by missing this meeting (which the only other person in my equivalent position in NA will be attending) will lead to me being left behind somehow.

There is a way for me to make it work. I could fly out from our planned vacation for a day and a half to attend, return and resume the end of this travel. I would miss the 2-days we planned to drive over to my parents house and see them within the 6-day vacation. I feel like taking that option would make me a jerk. It would mean I fly out from the main city where we will be attending a wedding while my LO and husband drive 3 hours to my parents house. Then the day they make the 3 hour drive home I would fly back and we would have an afternoon/night together before flying home.
That's not really an option, is it? I don't even want to suggest it to my husband for fear of him thinking I'm nuts for considering it. Would you take that chance to make this potentially door-opening (but absolutely no guarantees) meeting? Or should I shake this off and just consider this something that wasn't meant to be?