I used to have servers in my house. That was 24/7 for 10 years. I realized I needed to have some time off, so I moved my business over to 3rd party servers. I am so glad I did that one little thing. Now I don't have to be there 24/7 if the server decides to hang up. I can manage my servers from anywhere in the world, and if I need to be away for more than a couple days, there's a 24 hour number for tech support. I do miss a little of the freedom of having the servers 100% under my control, but I don't miss the midnight server rebuilds at all.

Then it was a matter of educating my clients. I had to pick 2 days off that conflicted least with my clients. That was difficult in itself, because some of my clients are as bad as I am about working 24/7. I had one that needed updates every weekend, fri sat and sun, and some that expected weekdays to be my main focus. Large chunks of time off, like a week or 2 weeks would have to be done in a slow period, for the client who needed weekly updates.

Number 1, I never told my clients that the work would be done the dame day, I have always said 48 hours, unless I tell you different. If I get them done asap when they ask, that's a good thing, but they have to understand that life happens. If an update isn't critical, it can be put off until even a day or so later, with just a quick email. None of my clients know how busy I am at any given time, and all are very patient with the updates because they know they'll be done right when I get them done. Most are happy with a 3 day wait, considering their old webmasters would take a month or more, if they did it at all.

Those of us who do this right and well are fewer in number than we may realize. I'm sure your clients will adapt to your new schedule. You have to be adapable in your schedule to accomodate the needs of your clients. If you have some that have critical updates every week, then, you need someone to do that while you're gone - hire someone, or do it on your laptop. If most of the edits and updates are of a non critical nature, then a 2 week vacation shouldn't be an issue.