Crain’s is looking for small business owners to be part of an upcoming feature story.  The premise is “mixing business with pleasure” geared to a recent study that revealed business travelers took family members with them on 14 percent of the 435 million business trips they made in 2006, up from 11 percent in 2000.

They want to talk to executive travelers in Northeast Ohio about the benefits of adding a family vacation onto a business trip. We’re looking for anecdotes about good trips vs. bad trip and some suggestion about traveling with the spouse and kids from those who have done it.

This is also a great chance to get your business in front of people in Northeast Ohio…absolutely free!  The reporter is on deadline and needs to hear from you by the end of the week so please reply quickly.  Sorry for the short notice, but we just received this request ourselves.

If you’re interested, please send an e-mail reply to Lauren Sable at lsable@cose.org.  Please include a paragraph with a short description of how this issue has affected you and your business.  If you have any questions, please contact Lauren at (216) 592-2396.