Hi travelers, have lots of questions :O)

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Hi! A little backround so you can help me :o)

My husband is military and right now we're in alabama getting ready to move to whidbey island, washington. Initially i was stressing because i was going to be up there for 6 months alone with our 10 month daughter. So he suggested that i go home to san antonio, texas for the 6 months and work agency again since we have family there. Now, i have done my online application with medsource staffing instead of working for the agency that i had worked when i lived in san antonio. Do i still get to reap the benefits of a true "travel" assignment since i no longer live in san antonio and will be in limbo of having a permanent residence? Our plans are to buy a house in washington when we get there, but no sooner. I don't know if this also makes a difference, but i also still have my texas driver's license.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as i've worked for the local favorite nurses office before, but it seems that i would benefit more by working for a travel agency.

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ahh!! my other questions!! what benefits should i be looking for in a travel agency? and what should i negotiate with them? as far as housing goes, i own a san antonio that i planned on living in for the 6 months that i was there.

Thanks!!

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I'm not a travel nurse, but I want to be so I've done a lot of reading on it. I have found that pretty much every agency that I looked at would consider even local applicants for "travel" nursing jobs and still pay the living allowances. Just be sure to find an agency willing to do that :)

I want to travel for most of each year and then come "home" for part of the year, so that is why I was checking to see if they offered the travel nurse benefits.

Good luck!

~Jaxia

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I'm not a travel nurse, but I want to be so I've done a lot of reading on it. I have found that pretty much every agency that I looked at would consider even local applicants for "travel" nursing jobs and still pay the living allowances. Just be sure to find an agency willing to do that :)

I want to travel for most of each year and then come "home" for part of the year, so that is why I was checking to see if they offered the travel nurse benefits.

Good luck!

~Jaxia

Please be careful what the agencies want to pay you. If you are "local" travel and they want to pay you living allowances they are not paying the taxes on that income and you will have to. Better to have a higher rate of pay and pay taxes up front instead of getting hit with a whammy on 15 April.

The company want's to pay living expenses so they don't have to pay their half of FICA. Saves them money. Money you won't get to put into your pocket.

Good luck. Be sure YOU know the IRS rules. NOT the company's version/interreptation of them....

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