Try this
- Verify the real sales or reservation deadline from the provider.
- State the choice needed and the action you will take if no agreement is reached. Leave tickets unbooked when that is the agreed fallback rather than manufacturing consent.
A worked example
“If we have not decided by Thursday, I’ll leave the tickets unbooked.”
An invented example to adapt, not a real exchange or a script you have to follow.
Before you leave it here
Do not invent urgency to force a choice before either person is ready.