Many questions for you travel RNs!

Okay, I have about a year left of nursing school, and then have to fill a 2 year service requirement so that they will pay for my schooling. After the 2 years is up, I really would like to look into travel nursing. I am only 19 now...so I am still very young and the chances of having any real commitments to here when I'm 22 are not that great. I really want to specialize in NICU, but the hospital I will probably be working for is a well baby/special care nursery combined. They take sick babies, but definitely not the kind you'd see in a level 3 NICU I don't think.

So anyways. Is the pay really that much better than if I were to stay here? I'd probably be making around $40-50k (not sure exactly) if I stayed at home. Do you have to travel alone? I'd imagine that'd be really lonely, but at the same time...I'm not fond of sharing an apartment with someone I don't know at all.

And most importantly, do you really enjoy it if you are an RN that travels alone?