Travel & time difference

In 2 weeks LO will be 12 weeks when we fly back to the west coast (2hr time difference from CT). With the added time change this weekend I’m a bit nervous about his schedule. Specifically around night time since we’d like to meet up with friends/family for dinner. This is our first flight with LO also. All of our plans are loosely set aka not set at all because we aren’t sure how it will go. We don’t want him to dictate the week since he doesn’t at home, but understand sometimes that’s just how it might happen this first trip. To parents who have been successful, what are some tricks and/or advice time traveling with your LO?

We are still following his sleeping/eating cues as of now and he’s combo fed.