What is Traveling Like?

Whether you're a first-time traveler, or a career professional with multiple assignments under your belt, we have a video for you.

Our travelers and team members tell us what their careers have been like since they got involved with "life on the road." Healthcare professionals talk about the benefits, both personal and financial - and our recruiters share what it's like to set their clients on one of the best possible career journeys out there.

American Traveler is committed to helping employees grow in their careers. Our aim is to create a supportive environment where you can learn new skills, achieve your goals, and have a little fun in the process. We are building a company culture that embodies these goals. We hope that the negotiating skills, attention to detail, compassion for your clients and colleagues -- and the focus on measurable achievement and teamwork that you build here -- will be with you for the rest of your career.

Chelsey, a young RN from Georgia, says that she’s made several new friends while travel nursing who take her on excursions and show her the sights. One of the highlights of her current assignment was that she tried sushi for the first time, because "we don’t have sushi in Georgia!" Chelsey encourages nurses to seize the opportunity to travel and then to make the most of every experience while on assignments. Pat S. is a registered nurse with 37 years of experience who decided to try travel nursing later in life, after her children grew up and left home. Pat and her husband have enjoyed traveling around the country with American Traveler. Both she and Chelsey speak highly of the support given them by their recruiters and experiences with American Traveler.

Patrick says: I’ve been travelling three years total with my wife; she’s also an ORT. So far we’ve been to Boston, Cali-California, Arizona, and Nashville. It’s been great. We travel together, all of our assignments, we’re together. It’s been great traveling with my wife because we do everything together. Most travelers stick together on assignments, so it’s easy when you walk into these facilities, you meet other travelers and it’s like family. Usually the locals, the natives, they will eventually see the lifestyle. They see that you’re happy, and a lot of times they’re upset, overworked, stressed out, and they always come to us and say, “Well, hey, how does this really work?”

Jeremiah is a registered nurse who was working in a neonatal ICU in the midwest. He was tired of cold winters and snow and decided to head south to Florida. Now he spends his time off kayaking and fishing, his favorite pastimes. American Traveler made it easy for Jeremiah’s family and dog to come with him, finding housing to accommodate the whole family. Taking an assignment that put him on the sunshine coast of Florida has made a world of difference!

Travel nurses Haley and Kayleigh say their experiences brought them into a whole different world. Traveling across the country, they have been exposed to new environments and new people inside and outside of the hospital on a daily basis. Kayleigh encourages travelers to try something they’ve never done before and move beyond typical tourist attractions. She loved attending the Garlic Festival in Florida where she spent an amazing day surrounded by bands and local vendors.

Kelli, a registered nurse, pursued a travel career in Florida in order to be near her husband, who had recently been relocated. Her stellar recruiter provided her exceptional support throughout the process. She now lives in company-provided housing with her husband and daughter in a beautiful location. Kelli says that from the housing to the hospital to the staff, everything about her assignment is perfect.

Kayleigh was introduced to American Traveler through two RN friends who were already working with an American Traveler recruiter. Now Kayleigh and her friends travel together. Kayleigh says that finding assignments for the three of them in the same location is tricky, but her recruiter and the American Traveler team always do a great job. Kayleigh and her friends were able to see the leaves change, experience the Macy’s Day Parade, and watch the Christmas tree be lit at the Rockefeller Center in New York.

Sean says: My travel nurse recruiter is an absolutely great woman, friendly, nice, keeps me informed at all times. I am able to call her whenever I need to from eight in the morning to six at night, even on Fridays. If I email her on the weekends, I get an email back 8:30 or 9:00 in the morning on Mondays. When I moved down here to Florida I knew nobody, coming from Pennsylvania, so my recruiters was all I had when I came down here.

Telemetry nurse Pat S. shares that she has been a wife and mother for many years but has been a registered nurse for even longer - for a total of 37 years. When her youngest son left for college, she decided to pursue travel nursing. She headed to Duke University in North Carolina with her husband for her first assignment.

Pat S. started her travel career at a large teaching facility on the east coast and then moved to a similar facility in Tucson, Arizona, for her second assignment. She is now finishing an assignment in West Palm Beach, Florida, at a community hospital. Pat says each institution offers state-of-the-art technology, but that she appreciates the opportunity to travel around the country and experience the uniqueness of each region’s healthcare.

An American Traveler recruiter talks about the variety of facilities - from large academic facilities to rural clinics - and sought-after locations that are available to travel nurses, like New York City, San Francisco, Miami, and Boston. She encourages individuals who are contemplating travel to call American Traveler, because our recruiters would love to discuss your interests and answer your questions.

Travel nurse Sean B., an ER RN, is currently on assignment in Florida and says the benefits of being a travel nurse are “awesome.” Rather than taking a housing stipend, Sean prefers that American Traveler sets up his housing accommodations so that everything is ready for him when he arrives. Sean also loves the healthcare benefits that American Traveler provides.

Travel nurses Sean and Jessie encourage new nurses who are considering traveling to take the leap. Sean says he’s had a great experience traveling while he’s young and has fewer commitments. However, he works with travel nurses of all ages including those with a family. Jessie acknowledges the fears associated with traveling for the first time but says that if you encounter bumps along way that American Traveler will be there to support you.

Kelli, a registered nurse with five years of experience, describes her experience as a travel nurse in South Florida. She has been able to challenge herself clinically while making an excellent salary through her travel nurse career. For Kelli, the options that come with travel nursing are one of the greatest perks. You can try new units, new hospitals, and new locations that bring you into contact with new people.

Originally from Pennsylvania but a beach bum at heart, Sean loves the freedom to work as a traveler in South Florida. He is now on his second assignment with American Traveler and is enjoying every minute of it. His suggestion to new travelers is that they spend their work-free days being a tourist and making the most of their location. In short, live like you’re on vacation!

Kayleigh, an emergency room RN, talks about the new friends she has made through her travel nursing jobs in New York and Florida. They keep in touch as she travels around the country, meeting up when possible. Kayleigh says her mother likes to call her travel nursing career “a vacation with a splash of work thrown in.”