Travel Therapy Mentor

Life Update + Financial Independence as a Travel TherapistJoin us for an update on our lives, including buying a new house, expecting our second child this fall, and working part time locally as PTs. We also discuss how our financial independence journey led us to this point via travel therapy, and how others can pursue financial independence/semi-retirement via travel therapy.

Advice for New/Aspiring Travel Therapists From Experienced Travelers

In this video we share advice we received from our audience of current/experienced travel therapists, as well as our own insights and advice, for therapists new to travel therapy or considering getting started with travel therapy.Listen in to hear all of the advice and recommendations!For more travel therapy information to help you get started, visit our website at TravelTherapyMentor.com

Travel Therapy Job Market Update - May 2026

Join us to hear the latest updates about the travel therapy industry.

We gather insights from a dozen different staffing agencies (CEOs, managers and recruiters) and provide our own insights and recommendations.

You don't want to miss this info whether you're new to travel therapy, thinking about getting started, or a current travel therapist.

Pros and Cons of Travel Therapy Job BoardsWho loves to browse travel therapy jobs on different job boards?!We have a travel therapy job list ourselves and we know it’s fun to scope out the market and see what’s out thereBut there are definitely limitations to using job boards for your travel therapy job search, and we generally don’t recommend that you use them as your primary sourceLearn more in this episode!

...#travelpt #travelot #travelslp #traveltherapist #travelphysicaltherapist • Travel Therapist • Travel PT • Travel Physical Therapy • Travel OT • Travel SLP

Join us to learn more about different car/transportation options that travel therapists use. From driving your own car, to shipping your car, renting a car, and more. Plus what to do in remote places like Alaska & Hawaii, and what to do for couples.

The Highest Paying Travel Therapy States in 2026: Balancing Gross Pay, Taxes, and Cost of Living

Listen in to learn more about how to look for the highest paying states and jobs for travel therapists

Travel Therapy Job Market Update - January 2026If you're considering getting started with travel therapy this year, or if you're a current travel therapist, don't miss this info! Important updates about the current state of the travel therapy job market. We also provide recommendations and advice for each discipline, new grads, new travelers, and more!Reach out to us with any questions & for help getting started/getting connected with great travel therapy recruiters!

Our annual End of Year Giveaways for therapists who took contracts with our recommended travel therapy recruiters, as well as therapists who left us a review on our social media channels and travel therapy course!

Holiday + New Year Planning for Travel TherapistsIt's that time of year again! There are some special circumstances to consider for travel therapists working through the holidays. Guaranteed hours - do you get paid for the holiday if your facility is closed? what about if you asked off work for the holiday?What if you work the holiday - do you get paid overtime/holiday pay? or is the rate the same?There is also some strategizing you need to do when planning contracts around the holidays and after the new year.Join us to learn more!

Credit Card + Travel Hacking For Travel Therapists

We've used credit card rewards to our advantage over our years as healthcare travelers (plus the flexibility of our Travel PT careers) to travel all over the world for cheap.

We've visited all 7 continents and over 50 countries internationally and traveling on a budget.

We've gotten over 150 free hotel nights, dozens of free international and domestic flights, and thousands of dollars in free rewards over the years.

Join us to learn more about how you can use travel hacking/credit card hacking to your advantage to travel for less.

Check out our current credit card bonus recommendations here: https://traveltherapymentor.com/credit/

Top 5 Benefits of Being a Travel Therapist: Wondering about some of the best reasons to become a travel therapist? Join us to learn more!

Listen in as we discuss our recent life changes including selling our townhouse and the decision to rent our next home.Join us to hear the updates and some insights on the current housing market and economy

Travel Therapy Job Market Update - end of summer 2025!Listen in to hear the latest insights about the travel therapy job market. We gather info from 15 different travel therapy staffing agencies, plus provide our own insights and recommendations.For more info about travel therapy, check out our website at www.traveltherapymentor.comFor personalized recruiter recommendations, fill out this form: https://traveltherapymentor.com/travel-therapy-recruiter-recommendations/

Listen in to hear the latest updates as of July 2025 about the current state of affairs with student loan repayment.Specifically, we discuss the end of administrative forbearance for those who were on the SAVE student loan plan; the new RAP student loan plan; and some ideas for what to do next if you were on SAVE.If you want to learn more, check out Jared's detailed article where he crunched some numbers and went through generalized scenarios for different travel therapists: https://traveltherapymentor.com/2025/07/24/which-student-loan-repayment-plan-is-best-for-the-average-travel-therapist-2025-update/If you want specific financial advice about your student loans and overall financial plan, we recommend scheduling a call with FitBUX: https://www.fitbux.com/?ref=jaredcasazza

Travel Therapy + Finance Q&AIn this video we answer questions about travel therapy (tax homes, filing taxes, negotiating short term housing, bill rates, working with recruiters, traveling as a new grad, and more!)We also answer some more in depth questions about financial independence, travel therapy with a family, and the overall state of therapy professions and burnout.Check it out to learn more! Let us know if you have more questions.Learn more on our website at TravelTherapyMentor.com

And our blog FifthWheelPT.comGet our travel therapy recruiter recommendations here: https://traveltherapymentor.com/travel-therapy-recruiter-recommendations/

Financial Independence & Semi Retirement as a Travel Therapist:

Who likes the idea of only working part of the year & taking off the rest of the year to do other things (like travel for fun, spend time with family, or pursue other interests)?!  

We do!!  So that’s why we have designed our lifestyles to be able to do just that!

We know many other travel therapists who have been able to design their lifestyles in such a way too! It’s all about choices and what you want out of life.

If you want to take control of how your life looks... and maybe don’t want it to look like working 40hrs per week 52 weeks per year til you reach social security retirement age... raise your hand!! 

We get asked a lot— how do I do what y’all are doing?!

Join us as we discuss semi-retirement, choices we’ve made to get where we are, and how you could do the same or forge your own path to design your life how you want!

If you could see yourself living a life where you only work part of the year and get to dedicate more time to travel, hobbies, family, friends, side hustles, self care, and pursuing other interests, be sure to tune in!!

10 lessons learned from 10 years as travel therapists: Wow, it’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since we graduated DPT school & started our careers as Travel PTs! But when we reflect back, we realize we have experienced and learned so much in those 10 years! Listen to this episode to hear our insights from our 10 years of experience!

Check out this podcast originally recorded in November of 2022 about RV life for healthcare travelers. We discuss logistics, pros/cons, and financial considerations!

Travel Therapy Job Market Update - Spring 2025Join us to hear the latest updates about the travel therapy industry. We gathered information from 14 different travel therapy companies, including company owners, managers, and recruiters. We also provide our insights and suggestions as experienced Travel PTs and from talking to hundreds of fellow travel therapists.This is pertinent information for any current travel therapists or aspiring travel therapists hoping to travel in 2025.

Student Loan Updates: Listen in as we discuss the current issues surrounding student loan repayment options with Joe Reinke from FitBux.

Filing Taxes as a Healthcare Traveler

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.

This video/podcast was originally recorded in 2023 but we are resharing it because the info is all still relevant!

Message us if you need contact info for our recommended travel CPA.

Travel Therapy Myths: Join us to learn more about these travel therapy misconceptions:

1. You shouldn’t travel as a new grad

2. All travel jobs are bad that’s why they need a traveler

3. You can’t get good benefits or job security as a traveler

4. You’ll be treated poorly at the facility bc you’re a traveler/you make more money

5. You can’t advance your skillset as a traveler

6. Travelers don’t care about their work/patients, just there to get in/out & make money

7. Taxes are really difficult and confusing as a traveler

8. You can write off your additional expenses as a traveler

9. A job only has to be 50 miles from home to be considered a travel job

10. You don’t actually make more money as a traveler after you account for expenses

We announced our 2024 end of year giveaway winners & talked a little about 2024/2025! Thanks everyone for your continued support!

Why & How to Work with Multiple Travel Therapy Recruiters

Join us to learn more about the process of working with multiple travel therapy recruiters, including why this is beneficial, pros and cons, and how to professionally navigate this method.

Travel Therapy Job Market Update - Nov 2024

Join us to hear the latest updates on the travel therapy job market! Important info for both current and aspiring travelers as we head into the end of the year and the beginning of 2025!

Listen in as we answer questions and in-depth scenarios from our travel therapy course group members, as well as a few extra questions we received in DMs & during the live stream!

As always if you want more detailed info on any of these topics, check out the articles on our website & our past videos/podcasts where we've done longer content on most of these topics!

Planning Travel Therapy Contracts for The Holidays & Ending/Beginning of the Year! 

Time to start thinking about how to plan your travel contracts around the holidays!! Plus many of you may be planning to take the end of the year off & start anew in January! Listen in as we’ll discuss all the logistics to planning contracts around this time of year, time off requests for holidays, guaranteed hours, etc!

Family Planning, Pregnancy & Maternity as a Travel Therapist: We’ve been getting lots of questions about pregnancy & maternity care for travel therapists since Whitney is currently pregnant! Listen in as we discuss logistics & considerations for family planning, pregnancy, maternity care, maternity leave, traveling with kids, etc for travel therapists!

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!

Colorado Road Trip Recap + Travel Hacking + Traveling While Pregnant... Join us to hear more about our road trip we just returned from in Colorado! We’ll recap what we did, plus talk about some travel hacking strategies using credit card rewards, and discuss travel while pregnant & more!

What to Look For On a Travel Therapy Contract: Join us to learn more about travel therapy contracts... What should be on your written contract? What things do you need to ask the recruiter about? Any red flags to be aware of?

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!

Accepting a Travel Contract Without An Interview:

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!

Negotiating Travel Therapy Contract Extensions: In this episode, we discuss extending a travel therapy contract.

-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!

TRAVEL THERAPY Q&A - In this episode we answer all your questions about travel therapy, finance, student loans, new grads, 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!

Interested in travel therapy, but not sure where to begin?

In this episode, we discuss the timeline and process for getting started- including: Getting in contact with recruiters; Licensure; Getting your profile set up; Being submitted for jobs; Phone interviews; Accepting a contract; Onboarding/credentialing; & more!

Reach out to us at Travel Therapy Mentor for help getting started & getting connected with the best recruiters!

Travel Therapy Job Market Update (March 2024)

Listen in to get all the latest updates on the travel therapy world!

👉 if you are a current traveler or considering starting travel therapy in 2024, you don’t want to miss this information!

We gathered stats from 12 different companies including recruiters, managers, and company owners to bring you the latest insights and stats. We also offer our personal recommendations.

We just got back from a 6 week trip to South America and Antarctica, followed by going to the APTA CSM conference in Boston! It's been a busy couple of months and we got behind on videos/podcasts! Listen in as we recap our bucket list trip & talk about future plans!

Each year we give away over $1000 in gift cards to our travel therapy community!

Listen to the replay of the live drawings for our giveaways this year.

5 winners of $200 Amazon gift cards - each for completing travel therapy contracts with our recommended recruiters in 2023

1 winner of $100 Amazon gift card - for leaving us a review on social media

1 winner of $100 Amazon gift card - for leaving us a review on our travel therapy course

1 winner of $50 for tuning in during the live drawings on Facebook

Thanks to everyone in our travel therapy community for your continued support!

We also briefly recap our year in 2023 and talk about our upcoming trip in 2024!

Mental Health & Support Systems as a Travel Therapist

Being a travel therapist has a lot of perks:
-higher income
-exploring the country
-experiencing new clinical opportunities
-having a flexible schedule
-meeting new people

But it can have its downsides too—

—such as being away from family/friends, feeling like an outsider, & having difficulty making/maintaining meaningful connections.

Unfortunately sometimes these things can lead travelers to feel lonely and isolated.

Join us as we discuss mental health & support systems as a travel therapist

We’ll give some insights & strategies- would love to hear your feedback as well!

Packing & Moving as a Travel Therapist - How and what should you pack for travel therapy assignments? The process of packing & moving for travel therapy jobs can be daunting! Join us to learn more - we’ll provide insights and tips to make your life easier when it comes to packing for travel jobs!

What are the Most Common & Highest Paying Settings for Travel Therapy Jobs?

If you’re considering jumping into travel therapy, you’ve probably wondered which settings are the most common for travel therapy jobs, and which settings pay the most for travel therapy jobs.

These are both important factors to consider before getting started as a travel therapist.

Check out our new article on this topic on our website at TravelTherapyMentor.com

And tune in for this week's episode to learn more!

November 2023 Travel Therapy Job Market Update!

Time for another update!!

Join us to hear the latest insights on the travel therapy job market! We’ll bring you updates from several different companies, recruiters, and owners. Plus we’ll provide our own insights and suggestions!

Whether you’re a current traveler or considering travel therapy- you don’t want to miss this info!

Honeymoon + Roadtrip Recap --- Life has been a whirlwind the last few months! We had our Wedding, then went on a 10-Week Europe Honeymoon, followed immediately by a 2-Week Road Trip and visiting our Last National Park! Join us on this episode to hear more about our honeymoon + road trip! Plus hear some announcements and updates!