Alaska. How much?

NedRN · Dec 22, 2015

Good pay, better than average for travelers even with higher travel costs and car rental included. Spectacular scenery and things to do in the winter, and Fur Rendezvous. In terms of memories, it would be similar to going to a foreign land for three months. A surprising number of travelers go staff there. So I would recommend going even if the pay sucked (which is shouldn't).

Truckee · Dec 27, 2015

You can make a fair amount of money traveling to AK. The difficult part may be finding an assignment for the both of you.

Here is a short rundown:

Anchorage and Fairbanks "big cities" don't use many travelers, pay is okay, cost of living is a bit high though. Great place to live for 13 weeks. Pros, you can drive to the sights you want to see.

All other towns, villages, cities not on the road system; Dillingham, Bethel, Kotsabue, Nome, Barrow, and Kodiak and Sitka in the southeast, use travelers a lot but don't use the usual means of getting their travel nurses. Most hospitals hire their own travelers, often called TDY or Temporary Duty, look at the individual hospital website for openings and most will have TDY positions. Pay is good and often overtime is plentiful. Cons, you have to fly to get to everywhere you might want to go.

Ned was right, many nurses who travel up here end up staying, that's my story too.

It would be easy to say "you either like it or you don't" but there is another POV, this really is a great place to travel to and 13 weeks is not enough time.