Ultimate Vacation Guide

Every hard-working small business CEO knows that making time for vacation can often be a more daunting task than the most challenging business dilemma. Yet, experts say that vacations are a necessary part of business -- they contribute to the overall productivity of teams, for one thing. Plus, sometimes they're just fun. Below, read stories from the Inc. archives about vacations and the people who take them.

Oh, the places we go!
Where do fellow Inc. readers go to get away? Glad you asked.

Great Golf Getaways
Take a break from your business with a golfing vacation. Travel guru Tom Parsons gives you the lowdown on where.

How to Go on a Vacation
Here's how to take a vacation, and relax while you're away.

Can A Small-Business Owner Take A Sabbatical?
Can a business owner be spared for the weeks or months required for a sabbatical? Here are the stories of a few owners who did just that.

Small-Business Owners Rethink Their Priorities
Though they're famous for long hours and neglected personal lives, American entrepreneurs are doing a lot of soul-searching -- and rediscovering the joys of family life and vacations.

When Summer Comes, Owners Look to Get Away
More small business owners try to leave it all behind.

Tips For Turning Your Vacation Into A Mini-Sabbatical
You can define "sabbatical" any way you want, and reap all of the benefits. Take for example, your next vacation.

Getting Away and Meaning It
Need to make business a part of your pleasure trip? Avoid ruining this year's summer vacation by keeping work distractions to a minimum.

Tools: Sample Vacation Policy
Use this sample vacation policy to help create one for your own business.

Far and Away When employees have been very, very good, send them to one of these fabulous destination resorts.

True Stories: Getting Away

From Long Island to the Lofoten Islands (that's Amsterdam), these small business owners find a way to make vacation work (and learn valuable lessons along the way).

Out of Control (at Last)
A perilous vacation teaches the healthy difference between control and influence.

Time-Out
Many days - maybe even many years - you can't imagine how you'll possibly be able to take a real vacation from your business. That's what Jo DeMars thought too, until she went to lunch one day and didn't come back for four months.

Making the Travelers' Century Club, Times Two
Dick Matland, president of Coronado Shores Co., has traveled to enough destinations to qualify for the Travelers' Century Club two times over.

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