Travel Therapy

Travel Therapy Mentor

In 2018 we started our new website, Travel Therapy Mentor, where we now write all of our Travel Therapy content! Check out that website for the most up to date information and education on travel therapy.

Also be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for frequent travel therapy content!

• Introducing ‘Travel Therapy Mentor’ and the Future Plans for ‘Fifth Wheel Physical Therapist’

 

Older Travel Healthcare Articles

General Information on Travel Healthcare:

• Thinking about Travel PT as a new grad?
• Thinking about Travel PT as a new grad? – Part 2
• Pros and Cons of Travel Therapy in an RV
• Top 5 Pros & Cons of Travel Therapy

Travel Healthcare & Finances:

• Difference in Pay: Travel and Permanent PT jobs
• Breaking Down Overtime and Holiday Pay as a Travel Therapist
• Is it Possible to Save a Lot and Still Have Fun With Travel Healthcare?
• Making a Full Time Therapist’s Salary Working Only Half of the Year
• How I Saved Over $100,000 in 1.5 years as a New Grad Physical Therapist
• Is a DPT Degree Worth it?

Travel Therapy Perks:

• Free Trip to the Dominican Republic with Club Core Med!

Our Travel PT Experiences:

• Reflections on My First Three Years Working as a Physical Therapist
• Camper Life
  • click to see pictures of our RV!
• Our Experience with Finding Travel Jobs
• Travel PT Plan for the Next Four Years
  • this is the plan we laid out in the beginning (2015/2016), but so far we have not really stuck to it!

Timeline of our Travel Assignments:

• May 2015:
  • Getting Our Feet Wet

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• June-September 2015: 
  • Our First Jobs

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• September-December 2015: 
  • Playing Musical Jobs

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• December-March 2016: 
  • Moving Deeper into Southwest Virginia

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• June 2015-March 2016: 
  • All Work & No Play?

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• March-September 2016:
  • Moving to the Northeast
  • New England Adventures

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• September 2016: 
  • Move from MA to NC + Jamaica Trip!

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• September 2016-January 2017: 
  • Fayetteville, NC

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• January-April 2017: 
  • Eastern North Carolina

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• April-August 2017:
  • Moving from Eastern NC to West Virginia
  • Living in WVA, Working in VA… A Crazy Assignment, Plus a Broken Arm!
  • Adventures while in WV

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• August-December 2017:
  • Western North Carolina

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• December 2017-March 2018:
  • Eastern NC: Swansboro and Morehead City

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• Our last assignment before we took off around the world!
  • March-July 2018:
    • Swansboro & Jacksonville, NC

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• Our only assignment between our Around the World Trip & Our Europe Trip!
  • February-May 2019:
    • Fredericksburg, VA

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• Recent Assignments (I’m behind on writing about these– stay tuned!)
  • November 2019-February 2020:
    • Travel PT job in Goldsboro, NC
  • October 2020-January 2021:
    • We worked PRN at home in Roanoke, Virginia!
  • June-July 2021:
    • Travel PT job on The Big Island of Hawaii!