Business · May 22, 2026

That moment right before vacation feels like relief. The bags are packed, the calendar is cleared, and for a second, you finally exhale. Then a quieter thought slips in: what happens to the business if you cannot come back next week? Not emails. Not meetings. Real authority. Payroll. Contracts. Client work. Most business owners have an out-of-office message, but no actual business incapacity plan. And the difference between those two things only matters when it suddenly matters most.