Teenagers/Vacation Alone

My kids will be 16 and 14 this summer. Both are responsible, mature and trustworthy kids. I’m going on a business trip this summer and I want to take my kids with me. If I take my kids with me, I would grant them the freedom to wander around a town they’ve never visited unaccompanied by an adult. I will be in meetings all day. I’m so torn. Part of me knows my kids would be ok and I want them to be more independent. I was doing this when I was 16. And another part of me thinks me allowing them to do this makes me a bad mom. We haven’t been on a vacation in over 5 years.