Hospital Parking as a Travel Nurse

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I have some general questions.I just thought about this now, because all these years I was a staff nurse and Parking was always provided at a low cost for staff, or Just flat out free. I got lucky with parking at my first contract, because the parking here is free.

In the big cities, what do travel nurses do? Do they bring their cars? Do they not bring their cars? I worked in LA once before and I feel like not having a car out there would be difficult. Do you provide housing with parking? How about in LA? I could probably still find housing with parking through AirBnB. And then as far as parking at the hospitals go, Do Travel Co. offer any type of parking reimbursement? Do the hospitals offer the same parking plan to the travelers as they do their own staff? If I'm working at a place like Martin Luther King in Los Angeles, the last thing I want to do is walk to work….. (I'd like to work there, not walk there) At the same time, I'd rather not live in that neighborhood also. haha… What do the travelers who work at MLK do? Thanks for your time!

It doesn't matter anyway because parking is all a tax write off at the end of the year. No biggie.

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It doesn't matter anyway because parking is all a tax write off at the end of the year. No biggie.

rather keep my money in my pocket now. .

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It doesn't matter anyway because parking is all a tax write off at the end of the year. No biggie.

It is no biggie because it amounts to chump change. But even for travelers that itemize already, the tax benefit from getting a tax free reimbursement of qualified expenses is far better than you can do on your tax return. Besides large filing thresholds, you are effectively paying 15.3% Social Security tax on all itemized amounts that you will never get back.

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aaaaahhhh..... good points.

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