The freedom to traveling is the dream of so many aspiring business owners, but then they find themselves in the day-to-day of running their business, and it can feel farther and farther away from possibility. How do you make travel work AND run your business successfully? Illona Holland shares how she, her husband and business partner, and two children traveled for seven weeks, and their business didn't crash and burn! Vivian also shares how she traveled to Africa as an early business owner with nearly disastrous results and how she travels now all over the country for weeks at a time successfully.
Show Notes
You started your business to have freedom, not feel stuck, and never be able to travel. Gain inspiration from Ilona Holland, who shares her story of traveling for 7 weeks with her family and leaving her business to operate without her. Vivian shares how she also traveled internationally and how it was nearly disastrous with her first business. She shares what she learned so she can travel successfully now with her husband and their teardrop camper to visit every National Park.
Unpacking this episode min by min:
2:02 - Meet Ilona Holland
2:23 - From a closet at the YMCA to a thriving wellness studio
7:43 - Vivian's first "desk" - making things work
8:44 - Traveling for seven weeks, how Ilona did it as the business owner
10:53 - Making wise and skillful choices and planning ahead
13:34 - Planning as a family for the ideal vacation
15:00 - Thinking about your vacation dreams early in your business
17:14 - Traveling to Africa without a plan for our business
17:45 - We couldn't afford Netflix, but we traveled to Africa
19:40 - Working with an accountant for big travel plans
23:50 - Taking small trips first and involving the team
27:14 - Putting together an out-of-office plan and getting input from your team
31:00 - Practical tip - Creating frameworks and using screen recordings of processes
37:57 - Traveling internationally without a fixer lined up and adapting to the moment
42:16 - Working while traveling, pros and cons
52:25 - Even if you are not self-employed, it's important to design your life with self-awareness
54:29 - Giving yourself permission to travel as a business owner
55:47 - Illonas invitation to attend an incredible Malta experience with immersive yoga practice and workshops and touring for the Summer of 2023
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