Travel Therapy Mentor

In this episode we discuss what to look for on your travel therapy written contract, and how to know if it’s a good contract or not. — We get questions each week asking us if an offer is good or to look over a contract. We can take a look at your contracts for you and let you know— but the best thing is to learn for yourself what to look for so you can make sure you’re good to go on future contracts or know what needs changed/negotiated!

In this episode we discuss: what are guaranteed hours; why are they important; how to negotiate for them; things to ask your recruiter and the interviewer/manager; red flags to look out for; and strategies for ensuring you get all your hours! Be sure to listen in to learn more so you don’t miss out on being paid for full hours at your travel job!

2020 has been a rough year for travel therapy. We have seen a slow increase in jobs since this summer. But is the job market back to normal? For those who are wondering if it’s the right time to get into travel therapy, and what’s to come as we approach the end of the year/beginning of the new year - tune in as we’ll be discussing updates on the job market! We’ll give insights and recommendations for job searchers.

In this episode, we discuss how continuing ed & advanced certifications may or may not affect getting travel jobs & your pay as a traveler. We also discuss different CEUs that could be beneficial for various settings!

As a travel therapist, you can run into some tricky situations with productivity expectations. In this episode we discuss issues you might encounter in different settings, and how to handle these situations to avoid working off the clock.

As we approach the holiday season and end of the year, there are some special considerations for applying for travel therapy jobs. Many therapists want to take off for the holidays by either requesting time off in the middle of a contract or waiting to start a new job after January 1st. In this episode we discuss some challenges and strategies for navigating this situation, so you can secure a job and avoid missing out on weeks of work due to high competition.

We recently started local PRN jobs near home! And we aren’t the only travelers doing this. In this episode we discuss why we decided to take PRN jobs; the decision making process for others taking perm vs PRN vs travel jobs; insights into the pros/cons; how to approach a perm/PRN situation if you don’t want it to be forever, and more!!

Over the years we’ve written and talked quite a bit about how we’ve been able to use credit card rewards for cashback bonuses and lots of free travel domestically and internationally! Credit card/travel hacking can be a great financial advantage to add to the travel therapist’s repertoire to be able to cash in for cheap or free travel! In this episode we discuss how travel/credit card hacking works; give you suggested strategies; and talk about some of the best offers currently out there! Listen in so you can start taking advantage of credit card rewards to earn extra cash and free travel like we have!

This is an interview we did a couple months ago on the “SLP Full Disclosure” Podcast. We discussed how we used careers as travel PTs to pursue financial independence and transition to a semi retirement lifestyle! Although this interview was originally for an SLP podcast, the information pertains to all traveling healthcare professionals (PT, OT, etc!) We hope you enjoy this interview and will be inspired for your own financial journey!

We took a van on an epic 8-week cross country road trip! We visited 28 National Parks, 20 states, and drove almost 13,000 miles! Listen in as we recap our whole trip, discuss how things went traveling during COVID, go over the logistics of van camping, and give tips for those considering their own road trip!