HELP ! I leave Tomorrow

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Hello,

I was planning on leaving tomorrow evening for my first travel assignment 1200 miles away in Nebraska (I am from Ohio). I got a call yesterday that the agency can not find me a place to live. It is a VERY smallrual community and I do belive they have tried.

They want me to stay at a Days INN. I am not thrilled about this. I wanted a kitchen to cook in. I have dietary needs and cook all the time.

I told them if I would stay at the Hotel, but they need to cominsate me for having to eat out for my meals. Do you think they will?

The hotel has a free contintal breakfast every AM but this does me no good, as its all carbs etc and does not meet my dietary needs and I will also be on 3rd shift, so my breakfast would be in the evening.

I also wanted to bring my cat, but if i am ina one room hotel, I am not going to.

I am a little nerveous about this, so far the company has been on top of everything, so i am still planning on leaving. But I really want a place to live when I get there !!

Any thoughts would be great !!!

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OMG!!! my husband and I are leaving next Wednesday for Omaha NE. We accepted a position at Bergen Mercy, were are you going to be working? Your agency should definatly accomadate your needs. We are getting a tax free $950 pier diem which includes cost of living. Be firm with them!!!

good luck!

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here is an idea find a local newspaper online see if has a room for rent or call the hospital and see if they can help you. you also might have to look at driving to get into a place?

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Specializes in Corrections, neurology, dialysis.

Yep. Try Craigslist.

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Specializes in Peds, ER/Trauma.

I agree with the others- if your company cannot find you adequate housing, take the housing stipend, and find your own housing. The local paper and craigslist are great places to find housing.

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Thanks for the advice.

So here is what happended. the hospital in in a VERY rural area...VERY no paper, no craigslist for this area.

They found a place, but it was an hour away. I was ok with this, they were going to help cover the gas. I was not crazy about it, as i will be working nights and the last thing I want to do is drive an hour.

A few hours after I wrote this post, my recruiter called and said there was another traveler who was there and had found a place.

So we connected and what we are doing is sharing a hotel room together. He went and looked at them and it was clean and quite ec...

Talk about travel adventure. I have never met this guy before, although in talking with him, he seemed nice enough. He is also a new traveler himself and lives about 400 miles away and will be going home on his days off. So With the stipend I will make an additional $1000 a month after the rent is paid.

This will either be great or a complete nightmare ! We shall see.

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What hospital are you assigned to?

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Kimball

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