OP here.
Ah. The power of Facebook. I posted about his trip and tagged him. He and my family are now sorting things out on my wall.
I'm still left with the fact that he will think its okay to do the same for me which is a firm Do Not Want. But I will cross that bridge when I get to it.
It's funny, I can see that they are all tickled to be meeting, but if he had done the same for me, I'd be really miffed.
edited for a typo