Travel Therapy Mentor

Wedding Recap + Honeymoon Update! We’ve been married 1 month and traveling around Europe for nearly 4 weeks on our honeymoon! We’ve been to: Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Serbia, Slovenia, & Latvia so far! Up next are Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway & Denmark! Join us to hear more about our wedding in Virginia & our Europe Honeymoon trip so far!

How much $$ do travel therapy recruiters make?! You might be wondering the answer to this question for two different reasons: 1- You’re curious if the recruiters are taking advantage of us travelers & making bank off our travel therapy contracts and/or 2- You’re actually considering leaving clinical work & wondering if becoming a recruiter would be a lucrative option To get the full scoop...

Travel Therapy Contract Cancellations Contract cancellations can be a big concern for travel therapists Fortunately contract cancellations are rare, but they do happen sometimes There are strategies that travelers can use to try to avoid getting a contract cancelled, and further strategies to employ if a contract does ultimately end up getting cancelled Listen in to learn more & ask questions!...

Net Take Home Pay Vs Gross Pay Quotes for Travel Therapy Pay Packages: Travel therapy pay can be confusing, and is much different than discussing perm hourly or salary pay for regular therapist jobs. To add to the confusion, some recruiters quote weekly pay packages as "net" or after tax pay, and some quote as "gross" or before tax weekly pay, which can add to frustration among...

April 2023 Travel Therapy Job Market Update! Join us to hear the latest insights for the travel therapy job market! We gather information across a dozen travel companies, including owners, managers, and recruiters, as well as current travelers, to bring you the most up to date info about what’s going on in the travel therapy industry! This information is pertinent to current travelers to know what...

Travel Healthcare with a Family: We often get questions about whether you can travel with your family- with a spouse and/or children. The answer is YES, absolutely! But, everyone’s situation will be a little different & will require unique considerations! In this episode, we discuss traveling with a family, including various considerations for different family types! Listen to learn more!

In this episode, we interview Joe Reinke at Fitbux. We discuss the student loan pause, student loan repayment strategies, and financial planning considerations for travel therapists.  Managing student loan debt is an ongoing concern for current healthcare professionals and students getting ready to enter the workforce…  With the current student loan pause, there’s a lot of discussion abo...

Working internationally as a travel therapist... We personally only work as Travel PTs in the US… But we get questions all the time about working internationally & have done a lot of research on it… Join us to hear our insights on working in the US vs. abroad as a travel therapist! You can also read a guest post on this topic from a company that helps staff PTs & OTs in Australia & New...

It’s TAX SEASON & we always get a ton of questions about filing taxes as a healthcare traveler!  We also get tax and tax home questions all throughout the year.  It’s been a while since we discussed taxes so this is an updated video discussing all things traveler taxes!  Join us to learn more about taxes as a traveler!

Travel Therapy Job Market Update for January 2023!  Listen in to get the latest information about the travel therapy job market!  We have gathered insights across multiple staffing companies including recruiters, managers, and owners— as well as insights from fellow travelers about what they’re seeing right now.  Here are some questions we address:  -Is the job market good for...

Travel Therapy Mentor 2022 Recap & 2023 Plans : Join us to hear a recap of our year in 2022! We had some amazing adventures… traveled all over… including hitting our 50th state, 60th national park, and 40th country! plus, we connected with so many new and old travel friends & colleagues… It was definitely a year for the books! We have some fun stuff in store personally & for our busine...

International Travel Tips/Travel Hacking + Recap of our 2022 Around the World Trip! We just returned from a 9 week international trip where we circumnavigated the world for the 2nd time! This was our 5th time traveling internationally for 2 months or more. Overall we have traveled to 42 countries in the last 5 years! On this trip we visited 4 continents & 8 different countries! Tune in as we g...

*Travel Healthcare Without Tax Home* Join us to learn more about pursuing travel healthcare WITHOUT having a tax home! Many of you may know the importance of having a tax home to get tax free stipends as a traveler - but some may be wondering if you can still travel if you don’t maintain a tax home We’ll recap some tax home essentials, then go into some considerations & implications if you tak...

[RV Life: Overview, Pros/Cons, Logistics, Financial Considerations & More!] Join us to learn more about living in an RV as a travel therapist! We traveled and lived in a 5th wheel camper for 3 years at the beginning of our travel therapy careers. We’ll discuss logistics, financial considerations, lifestyle, pros/cons & more! Listen to learn more!

For this episode, we took questions exclusively from members of our course group for our Comprehensive Travel Therapy Course (Becoming a Financially Successful Travel Therapist). We answer each question and scenario in depth. Questions ranged from starting the first day of a contract, to investing and finance, to setting up a tax home, to job market trends, to resigning from your permanent job, to...

October 2022 Travel Therapy Job Market Update: Listen in to hear all the updates on the travel therapy job market! We gathered info from a dozen travel therapy companies, including recruiters/managers/owners. We go over recent changes, projections for the end of the year, and what we anticipate for 2023.  This is pertinent info for anyone considering getting into travel therapy soon… and for...

PT/OT/SLP Compact Update for Travel Therapists! What are the PT Compact, OT Compact, and SLP Compact? How do they work? And what are the implications for travel therapists? Join us as we go over exactly how the compact licensure works… who’s eligible… the process to apply and maintain compact licensure… and various ways that compact licensure affects travel therapists. We also address common misco...

We just got back from our 3-month Travel PT contract in Alaska plus our road trip to & from Alaska through Canada & the US! It’s been a busy & exciting 4 months!! Join us to hear all about our time in Alaska & our road trip! Tune in to learn more about working in Alaska & visiting there - for making your own future plans!

Do you really make more money as a travel therapist? Since many therapists cite earning higher income as a primary reason to pursue travel therapy… it’s important to know whether in your particular situation if you really WILL make more as a traveler? There are a lot of variables to consider to determine if you actually will come out ahead financially as a traveler. Of course there are lots of oth...

[Which States Have the Best Tax Rates for Travel Therapists?] Taxes can be a confusing topic! State taxes, federal taxes, FICA taxes - oh my! For travelers, our taxes can be ever more confusing because of maintaining a tax home and working in different states. In this video we’ll discuss tax rates in different states- and you’ll probably be surprised by which states actually have the highest effec...

July 2022 Travel Therapy Job Market Update! Tune in with us to hear the latest updates on what’s happening in the travel therapy world! We’ll give stats on current job numbers for PT, OT, SLP, PTA, & COTA travel jobs… Plus insights from a dozen company owners and managers on whether the job market is still strong… Changes they’re seeing in pay rates, job availability, cancellations, COVID policies...

INFLATION: how is it impacting travel healthcare pay?! With inflation being at the top of mind for many current & aspiring travelers lately… We’ve gotten many questions about how this will impact traveler pay… Can we expect to see our take-home pay rise with inflation?! Listen in to get the full scoop & learn more about this plus other factors that affect our pay as travelers. Also we recommend re...

Listen in to learn all about the process to take a travel healthcare contract in Alaska! Including: -Planning -Timing -Licensing -Job search -Housing -Car -Packing -Moving Plus hear about our experience here so far with our jobs, coworkers, weekend adventures etc!

Important info for current & aspiring travelers! Tune in to hear the latest about the travel therapy job market! Are therapists still in high demand? Are pay rates declining? Should you be concerned about getting cancelled? What settings are most needed? Is it a good time for new grads to travel? Is the PTA/COTA market improving? What are the projections for the rest of the year?

In this episode we recap our nearly 3-month trip throughout Latin America! Our trip itinerary included: -Texas -Mexico -Guatemala -Colombia -Peru -Costa Rica We had a lot of fun, but there were also some ups & downs during this trip! Tune in to hear all about our favorite places we went, the issues we encountered, COVID restrictions, etc!