I'm starting to get really stressed out about this trip I have coming up to Japan in January and I still havent pulled the trigger on a new camera. I really want an X-T5 or maybe the X-S20 for street stuff but the prices are just staying so high. My logic was that I should wait for the big holiday sales in a few weeks but then I read on one of those rumor sites that Fuji might skip the big discounts this year because the demand is already so high and they cant even keep stuff in stock anyway. But then I saw a post on reddit saying they usually do a rebate program starting mid-November so I dont know who to believe and I'm just spiraling a bit lol.

If I wait until late November and they dont go on sale then I'm worried they'll be sold out and I wont have it in time for my flight on the 10th. I have about $1500-1700 saved up and I really dont want to spend every penny on just the body if I can help it because I still need a decent lens for the trip. Does anyone who follows the market closer than me have a gut feeling about this? Like is it even worth waiting for a measly hundred bucks off if it means I might miss out on getting the body entirely before I leave? I'm checking B&H and Adorama like five times a day at this point...