Me Time: Summer Vacation Preparation

So the summer has started with a big bang and you have plans to take a vacation away from your daily life. As a business owner, sometimes Summer vacation ca be scary to take. Basically, if you don’t have a backup plan in place where you have alternate source that can keep your business funning while you are away, then you might have to shutdown.

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Shutting down could be the kiss of death for some businesses and thus some business owners may not feel that they can take a Summer vacation. For those of you who think that you can’t take a Summer vacation, I want to give you food for thought.

• Develop a strategic partnership with someone who you feel comfortable setting up a temporary agreement with who can support your clients. This will give you freedom for a vacation.
• Determine what tasks you are comfortable being covered by a strategic partner.
• Define a process of how you want your clients to be handled during your absence. Make sure to define the hand-out of basic information and receiving it when you come back from vacation.
• Deliminate a structure of how your clients like their work handled so that you clients won’t be hurt by the temporary transition.

Although these may seem like simple steps, they will make a big different in the long run. As you plan your Summer vacation and if it includes travel, I thought the video below would be helpful.