Travel Therapy Mentor

Planning Travel Therapy Contracts for The Holidays & Ending/Beginning of the Year!  Time to start thinking about how to plan your travel contracts around the holidays!! Plus many of you may be planning to take the end of the year off & start anew in January! Listen in as we’ll discuss all the logistics to planning contracts around this time of year, time off requests for holidays, guarante...

Family Planning, Pregnancy & Maternity as a Travel Therapist: We’ve been getting lots of questions about pregnancy & maternity care for travel therapists since Whitney is currently pregnant! Listen in as we discuss logistics & considerations for family planning, pregnancy, maternity care, maternity leave, traveling with kids, etc for travel therapists!

How Far From Home Do You Need to be for a Travel Therapy Contract? Prospective travel therapists often wonder how far away from home does a job need to be in order to be considered a travel therapy contract. Often the people asking this question have a reason for not wanting to leave their home area, such as family ties or being locked into a mortgage or lease, but they still want the benefits tha...

Colorado Road Trip Recap + Travel Hacking + Traveling While Pregnant... Join us to hear more about our road trip we just returned from in Colorado! We’ll recap what we did, plus talk about some travel hacking strategies using credit card rewards, and discuss travel while pregnant & more!

What to Look For On a Travel Therapy Contract: Join us to learn more about travel therapy contracts... What should be on your written contract? What things do you need to ask the recruiter about? Any red flags to be aware of?

July 2024 Travel Therapy Job Market Update Listen in for the latest updates on the travel therapy job market! We’ve gathered info across several companies from industry leaders, company owners, managers, & recruiters + provide our own insights & advice!

Recap of Our Recent Contracts + Discuss Our Life Plans: Tune in to hear more about our Travel PT contracts we just finished up, working in outpatient in Charlottesville VA. Also hear more about our upcoming plans & plans for the future as we get ready to have our first baby!

Accepting a Travel Contract Without An Interview: Travel Therapists: would you/should you accept a travel contract without doing an interview? In our opinion, the phone interview with the facility is one of the most important steps to ensure a travel therapy contract is a good fit before accepting… We recently learned that some companies/facilities may be trying to move away from doing formal inte...

Negotiating Travel Therapy Contract Extensions: In this episode, we discuss extending a travel therapy contract. -Why you might want to extend -Why the facility might ask you to extend -Logistics of negotiating an extension -Pay increases with contract extensions -Others terms you may include in your extension, etc! Tune in to learn more!

TRAVEL THERAPY Q&A - In this episode we answer all your questions about travel therapy, finance, student loans, new grads, etc! Tune in to learn more!

As healthcare professionals, we have a lot of flexibility in our career choices. Staying at a local/perm job does not have to be “permanent” and neither does travel therapy. We as well as many others transition back and forth depending what suits our needs at the time. Join us to learn more about why you might do this + strategies & logistics if you’re considering it!

Starting a New Travel Therapy Contract Join us to learn more about starting a new travel therapy contract: What to expect on your first week, training/onboarding, what to do if issues come up, etc! We will also talk a bit about our current Travel PT contract that we just started!

Interested in travel therapy, but not sure where to begin? In this episode, we discuss the timeline and process for getting started- including: Getting in contact with recruiters; Licensure; Getting your profile set up; Being submitted for jobs; Phone interviews; Accepting a contract; Onboarding/credentialing; & more! Reach out to us at Travel Therapy Mentor for help getting started & gett...

Travel Therapy Job Market Update (March 2024) Listen in to get all the latest updates on the travel therapy world! 👉 if you are a current traveler or considering starting travel therapy in 2024, you don’t want to miss this information! We gathered stats from 12 different companies including recruiters, managers, and company owners to bring you the latest insights and stats. We also offer our pers...

We just got back from a 6 week trip to South America and Antarctica, followed by going to the APTA CSM conference in Boston! It's been a busy couple of months and we got behind on videos/podcasts! Listen in as we recap our bucket list trip & talk about future plans!

Each year we give away over $1000 in gift cards to our travel therapy community! Listen to the replay of the live drawings for our giveaways this year. 5 winners of $200 Amazon gift cards - each for completing travel therapy contracts with our recommended recruiters in 2023 1 winner of $100 Amazon gift card - for leaving us a review on social media 1 winner of $100 Amazon gift card - for leaving u...

Mental Health & Support Systems as a Travel Therapist Being a travel therapist has a lot of perks: -higher income -exploring the country -experiencing new clinical opportunities -having a flexible schedule -meeting new people But it can have its downsides too— —such as being away from family/friends, feeling like an outsider, & having difficulty making/maintaining meaningful connections. U...

Packing & Moving as a Travel Therapist - How and what should you pack for travel therapy assignments? The process of packing & moving for travel therapy jobs can be daunting! Join us to learn more - we’ll provide insights and tips to make your life easier when it comes to packing for travel jobs!

What are the Most Common & Highest Paying Settings for Travel Therapy Jobs? If you’re considering jumping into travel therapy, you’ve probably wondered which settings are the most common for travel therapy jobs, and which settings pay the most for travel therapy jobs. These are both important factors to consider before getting started as a travel therapist. Check out our new article on this to...

November 2023 Travel Therapy Job Market Update! Time for another update!! Join us to hear the latest insights on the travel therapy job market! We’ll bring you updates from several different companies, recruiters, and owners. Plus we’ll provide our own insights and suggestions! Whether you’re a current traveler or considering travel therapy- you don’t want to miss this info!

Is Mentorship Available for Travel Therapy Jobs? If you’re a new grad or a therapist considering trying a new setting - you may be wondering if there are any mentorship opportunities for travel therapists. As with most things in healthcare, our answer is “IT DEPENDS”. Every travel therapy job is going to be different, but there are definitely opportunities for mentorship available. Tune in to this...

When you start looking into travel healthcare- housing is one of the big issues that comes up. Most choose short term housing but a growing number of healthcare travelers are considering RV life. We lived and traveled in an 5th Wheel RV for 3yrs & get a lot of questions about RV life, plus how to choose the right kind of RV. Our friend and fellow Travel PT Kayla recently wrote a guest post on...

Honeymoon + Roadtrip Recap --- Life has been a whirlwind the last few months! We had our Wedding, then went on a 10-Week Europe Honeymoon, followed immediately by a 2-Week Road Trip and visiting our Last National Park! Join us on this episode to hear more about our honeymoon + road trip! Plus hear some announcements and updates!

New SAVE Student Loan Repayment Plan and Student Loan Repayment Options for Travel Therapists: The student loan pause is ending & payments will resume in October. Many of you may be wondering what to do about your loans as they go back into repayment. We discuss this topic in today's episode. Join us to learn more about various student loan repayment options, including discussing the new SAVE inco...

Travel Therapy Job Market Update - July 2023 Join us to hear the latest insights on the travel therapy job market! We’ll bring you updates from several different companies, recruiters, and owners. Plus we’ll provide our own insights and suggestions! Whether you’re a current traveler or considering travel therapy- you won’t want to miss this info!