Travel nurses often put themselves into one of two camps; more money or more fun (caring for others is a given). Whether you are in travel nursing for the money or the experience of doing fun things while traveling you will find LivingSocial.com a useful website during your travel nursing assignments. Here’s how to get started: First, Sign up [...]
I have posted a few times before on things you might be able to do should you be in the unfortunate situation of having a travel contract canceled. Although this situation is far from the norm (it has happened to me twice in over 15 years of travel), it can have some pretty dire consequences [...]
The age old question about travel nursing is how much more can a traveling nurse make versus being a permanent staff nurse where they live? It’s pretty well known that a travel nurse will take home more pay than that of a staff nurse, and that’s just including salary.
The benefits of a travel nurse far out weight that of being a perm nurse, at least in my eyes. Of course it takes a certain personality to be able to carve a successful career out of being a traveling nurse and for some, being stationary is exactly what they want to do. However, if given the opportunity to take my skills on the road for 13 weeks at a time all the while receiving paid housing, insurance, per diems, etc. you can bet your sweet bippy I’d be the first to sign up. There are numerous benefits to a traveling career that one can take advantage of to secure themselves, vocationally and financially.
In December I wrote about some resources to make doing your taxes as a travel nurse easier. Well, I have since come across another great resource that I wanted to share with you as tax time approaches. Travel Nurse Tax Pro is an accounting firm that specializes in tax preparation for travel healthcare professionals, but more [...]
The end of the year is approaching, which means it is time to start preparing now so that tax season is no sweat. It is much easier to deal with your taxes if you know what you need ahead of time, instead of scrambling at the last minute.
A reader recently asked my advice on whether or not to sell her home to travel. She wanted to know which would be better, keeping her home for the tax implications, or renting an apartment and using it to maintain a “tax home”.
In my last post I spoke about maintaining a home while you are on the road traveling. This week, I wanted to address the advantage of doing such a thing. The thing I have always loved about travel nursing is that the housing is provided by your travel company. Were it not for this, [...]
