Helping therapists find adventure and freedom through travel jobs
Travel speech-language pathologists take short-term contracts across the United States to fill temporary staffing needs. As a travel SLP, one month you might be working in a skilled nursing facility in Virginia, and the next month doing home health in California. If this sounds like your dream job, then you might be wondering how to …
Have you heard about TravCon and considered going? Whether you are attending TravCon for the first time, or you are a seasoned attendee, here is the ultimate guide for attending TravCon. What is TravCon? The Traveler’s Conference (TravCon) is the best travel healthcare event of the year. If you are a traveling healthcare professionals, such …
As a speech-language pathologist (SLP), providing quality care to clients requires staying up-to-date with the latest research, techniques, and practices. To continue learning and growing in the field, SLPs must participate in continuing education (CEU) courses. Maintaining state licensure and national certification also requires completing CEU courses. While self-study CEU courses are available online, live …
Finding housing as a traveling nurse or therapist is a considerable challenge. As a traveler, I’ve had such a hard time finding units in the locations where I’m taking assignments. I find it surprising that I receive a lot of messages from potential landlords who complain that they can’t find travelers for their units and …
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Get ready for an exciting read as we introduce you to Amelia Hoffmann. Amelia is a globetrotting SLP who has worked as an SLP abroad in South Korea. If you’ve ever dreamed of practicing speech therapy in a foreign country, then you can’t miss her inspiring story. Tell us about you. Where are you initially …
Being a traveling speech-language pathologist is one way you can work as an SLP and earn income, yet travel and see the country. It is an amazing career opportunity for many SLPs. You may have heard about travel therapy and are considering it as a new graduate speech-language pathologist. Maybe you are wondering if you …
If you have ever considered becoming a speech-language pathologist, chances are that you also heard a thing or two about pay rates for SLPs. Depending on who you are speaking with about pay, it could be a highly positive or negative conversation. To cut to the chase, many people considering speech-language pathology as a career …
You might have heard the term “travel therapist” or “traveling healthcare” or “travel therapy” and wonder what it all means. So let’s talk about what is travel therapy. And, how does it allow you to be paid to travel around the US? Did you know that as therapist in America you can be paid to …
Are you ready to live the dream life in 2023? Relax on the beach in Hawaii or conquer that glacier in Alaska? You might not need any reasons to be a traveling therapist, but in case you do, I got you! Travel therapists work short-term contracts across the United States and provide solutions to temporary …
As a traveling therapist, you are working temporary job assignments. The lack of consistency in working with agencies and gaps between contracts could make health insurance an issue. In the United States, we rely primarily on employer-sponsored health insurance, which can be an issue when you constantly change employers. If you are curious about how …
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Congrats! You got a job as a traveling therapist! Now, you need to find short-term housing for your travel therapy assignment. Finding housing can be one of the most challenging parts of travel therapy. You have come to the right place! As a therapist who has taken travel assignments for over 10 years, I have …
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This blog, The Traveling Traveler, has combined a lot of things in my life that I love. Particularly, my passion for working as a speech-language pathologist and traveling. As the reach of this blog grows, so do the questions that I receive. Many people are asking me how to become a speech-language pathologist. The answer …