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Starting a business takes hard work and long hours. But burnout is also a danger, so in order to strike a good work life balance you’ll want to take some time off occasionally to recharge your entrepreneurial batteries.

When entrepreneurs leave for even a short period they often worry about what’s happening back at the business. There’s always so much to do and opportunities you don’t want to miss. How can you ever relax? Time off becomes an alien concept to many entrepreneurs more accustomed to 80-hour workweeks than basking in the sun on an exotic beach somewhere.

According to survey results from American Express, 40% of small business owners — those with less than $200,000 in annual revenues — regularly plan no vacation time. And about 25% of business owners with higher revenues expect to be business-bound all summer long.

Even many small business owners who are planning a break in coming months won’t truly get away. One of every three will link their vacation time to a business trip and half plan to check in with the office at least once a day while 20% will be calling several times a day.

We list the top concerns, according to the Amex survey, that stop most entrepreneurs from hitting the vacation highway and offer seven tips to cure them.

These are the top concerns that stop most entrepreneurs from hitting the vacation highway:

• An important client or customer will not receive appropriate service.
• The business will miss out on a new opportunity.

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