Fate took hold of Amanda upon returning to New Jersey for assignment. She hadn’t been home in a few years and was anxious to see family and friends. Amanda didn’t know Vincent, but met him by happenstance at a dinner party, where the two of them instantly hit it off and began eating from each other’s plates. A few weeks later, Vincent and Amanda set a date to go ice skating in Rockefeller Plaza and see the sights.
“It was like a dream come true. A horse drawn carriage with red velvet pulled to the curb and took me and Vincent around Central park,” she said.
An unsteady carriage caused Vincent to get down on both knees, but he got the job done. He asked Amanda to marry him and the rest is travel nurse history.
What Amanda loves most about travel nursing, she said, “is you never know what’s going to happen or where the wind will take you. You travel to places you’ve never been, see amazing things, meet great people, gain a variety of medical knowledge and even get married.”
“Most importantly, you learn so much about yourself, you become your own unique life experience.”

Bacurin noted a 32 percent increase in travel nurse postings in states such as 

Jane and Denise met while travel nursing in Oakland, California. As they spent more time together on breaks, their friendship began to flourish and soon they were attending wine tastings together, going on sightseeing jaunts and all-in-all having lots of fun. The two have been friends going on three years now and because Jane enjoys outstanding American Traveler client support and the wide range of travel nurse assignments offered by the agency, she felt comfortable referring Denise who is now travel nursing in Columbia, SC, her second assignment with American Traveler.