As a traveling therapist, or any traveling healthcare worker, it’s important to find a job and pay that you want. There is no better way to ensure that you are able to find a good travel position than by using multiple recruiters. Most of you probably already know this, but here is our list of Pros and Cons, and why we think this is single handedly the best way to ensure you have more negotiate power and better access to jobs.
Read MoreThe key to having a successful career as a traveler is working with a recruiter you can trust, but also with a company that has everything you need to succeed. When we started out, we didn’t know what to ask or even what was important in a recruiter/company. Here are a few questions you should be asking every recruiter!
Read MoreWe have been traveling as physical therapists for the last 5 1/2 years, and utilized a professional tax service for the last 4 years. While I’m sure some people can complete their taxes themselves, we feel there is just too much at risk considering the tax free stipends you receive and ensuring everything is filed correctly. If you are on the fence about hiring a professional to help with your taxes, see why we continue to use Travel Tax.
Read MorePaying off student loans. We are two Physical Therapists who thought we would be in debt from student loans forever. We decided to take a leap of faith, pursue travel therapy and found ourselves working towards a debt free lifestyle. Paying off student loans has been a long journey for us and we decided to share our experience in paying off $186,000.
Read MoreWonder what it’s like during the interview process as a traveler? Or maybe you already have a few assignments completed and just want to see how someone else prepares for a new job interview. We share our experience over the last 4 years of travel having completed 9 assignments each and over 20 interviews. Included are questions that we have prepared for during the interview and what we think has helped us land some pretty amazing jobs throughout our travel careers.
Read MoreInterested in travel therapy? What about traveling with a pet? Check out our take on the travel experience with Spencer, our 8 pound yorkie. He has been with us since day 1 of travel and takes the adventure in stride. If you’re considering travel therapy and already own a pet, or are a current traveler and thinking about getting one, check out this post. We discuss the positives, negatives, and how it may impact your travel experience. We also talk about the unfortunate mishaps that lead us to meeting a new vet in nearly every state we work.
Read MoreWe have been traveling physical therapists for over 3 years now and have seen and explored some amazing parts of the country. While we tend to post the positive side of travel therapy and all our amazing adventures, don’t let that fool you, we had our mishaps as well. If you want to find our what can and does go wrong in our crazy lives as a traveling couple, check out this post. Maybe you can relate, and if nothing else, have a good laugh.
Read MoreWhen is the “right time” to sign your next contract? We have signed some contracts as far out as 6 months and others 2-3 weeks before having to start work. Signing a new contract can be stressful. We learn best through experience and if you want to see how we dealt with out most recent decision to leave Maine and sign our next contract, check out this post.
Read MoreA how to guide on becoming a travel therapist. Unsure where to start when pursuing a career in travel therapy? Look no further. We cover the basics in this guide to becoming a travel therapist.
Read MoreOur three considerations when signing each contract. Setting, Pay, Location!
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