As a business owner it’s easy to feel like your work is never done – because no matter how much you do, there is always more that could theoretically be done. Many business owners we’ve spoken with also feel that they have a responsibility to be available to their team and that if they step away they are putting an undue burden on their team. So, we wanted to hear from a broad range of business owners on whether they take vacations and we’ve shared some of their responses below.

Keith Lord

I DO TAKE VACATIONS, BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY FOOD, FOOD CULTRUE AND WHERE WE’RE GOING TO EAT NEXT. BREAKFAST TOPICS IN A CAFE ARE ALWAYS ABOUT WHERE LUNCH IS GOING TO BE. I HAVE A CURRY STAINED PASSPORT AND I’M OK WITH EXPLAINING THAT TO THE TSA EVERYTIME. Read more>>

Tiara Cobbs

I truly believe in playing as hard as you work ! I fell in love with traveling during my 8 years as a flight attendant . Now that I am a full time business owner when I have a block of days off a take full advantage of those days with a quick vacation . My goal is to take a big trip every quarter to reset and prepare for the next quarter . Read more>>

Samantha Maye

Yes! I absolutely love to travel, and traveling is actually where my love for photography really started. When I lived in Utah during college, I had a lot of opportunities to go camping and go on adventures in stunning locations I’d never visited before. I became obsessed with visiting beautiful landscapes and felt called to photograph them. I took every chance I had to travel to the many national parks in Utah, where I also discovered astrophotography. Read more>>

KIMBERLY WACHTEL- REPAS

I do take vacations. I have to be frugal while living on a single mom income, with a business I am building, yet I believe in saving money and making time to travel to experience, see and learn new things, in new places and to gather insights and inspiration. I believe in collecting life experiences and experiences with others over collecting objects and things.

Tracy Stanger

Yes, I take vacations regularly – partly because they were so hard to come by at my 9-5 and partly because I know how important it is to your productivity, creativity, and the sustainability of your business to have regular periods of rest. Your brain needs that free space to do the work of dreaming up new ideas and finding your best solutions to problems. Read more>>