Travel Therapy Mentor

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 that come along with travel therapy like higher pay and flexibility to take time off between contracts.

They assume that living at home but taking travel therapy contracts within driving distance will give them the best of both worlds, but unfortunately it’s a little more complicated than that.

Join us as we discuss all the details! Plus check out our new article on this topic!

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!

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 interviews…

Alternatively- they’d have the traveler submit answers to some questions & screen based on that - then make an offer. This is apparently common practice with travel nursing & other specialties not to do an interview.

There are a lot of factors to consider here… Join us on this episode to learn more!

-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!

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!