If I may......I think the check you felt in your gut, which caused you to bag your trip plans, was the Holy Spirit guiding you. Be very grateful for it....and obey it.
Absolutely.
This was confirmed twice in as many days.
I’ve been stopped by God before and I never go just by one feeling. That’s also why I don’t say anything to any one. I don’t want someone playing off what I said. But when two or three completely unrelated sources give me the same message, I know enough to listen.