Travel Nurse with a Pit Bull - Housing Question

79Tango · Sep 20, 2011

Its not really the companies with those rules, its the landlords they use. Have you tried finding your own housing & taking the stipend? Dont forget you have to pay all the pet deposits, etc..

Pea · Sep 20, 2011

I have thought about finding my own housing & taking the stipend, but I would first have to accept the job contract and then find the housing and there is no guarantee I could find a place that would allow him. I have checked with many apartments in the Los Angeles and San Diego area and the ones I have spoken with all have breed restrictions. I had hoped that maybe the travel recruiter of one of the company's might have info on places that allowed all breeds of dogs, but I have not found any that have that information.

79Tango · Sep 20, 2011

That's a tough one.. All the recruiters I know will not even concern themselves with housing issues.

MandaRN94 · Sep 20, 2011

What about renting a studio or small house?

ayejay09 · Sep 3, 2016

Extended stay hotels are your best bet. I have 2 pitties and that's how they travel with me.

8-ball, BSN · Sep 7, 2016

Pets do make it hard, I have a hard enough time finding housing with my two and they are small Australian shepherds. Pits will be harder. You could consider the RV route that way your stipend goes to something you own and no breed restrictions. You will be further out from your hospital though so if on call it could be an issue. ARGO on here travels this way and I will be in January

Argo · Sep 7, 2016

Well, you dont HAVE to be farther out. I chose to be Since its free and i dont have to take call. It saves me a ton of money. If i stayed in a rv park (parking lot) in San Francisco, it would be $1500-$2k a month for the spot. I chose to drive an hour for a free spot. A studio in the city is about $2500. A roommate situation is around $1500.....

globalkimSRNA · Sep 10, 2016

Have you thought of buying an RV, and living in it? Then you could take the housing stipend from the travel company instead, increasing your income.

I am planning on doing this with my french bulldog. As long as your pitbull is behaved and doesn't bark while you're gone, it could work? All you need is reliable heat or a/c, and a cooperative RV park.

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NedRN · Sep 10, 2016

RV is a great lifestyle and certainly can reduce the hassle finding decent housing that allows pets (I think RV parks are universally pet friendly). However the costs of owning, moving, and maintaining an RV do not result in savings on housing (barring full time boondocking). And RVs come with their own hassles. Do it only for the lifestyle and you will be good.

globalkimSRNA · Sep 10, 2016

I can't imagine my $2000/month rent is equivalent to how much it costs to RV.

If you keep the size reasonable, like a class B or an efficient class C, there will definitely be savings. You can be creative by using solar panels and lithium batteries to prolong boon-docking (even if it's just at Wal-Mart).

If you use a class B, you could even drive it too the hospital and park it the hospital parking and no one would make a fuss!

Check out the Winnebago Travato or the ERA.

RV is a great lifestyle and certainly can reduce the hassle finding decent housing that allows pets (I think RV parks are universally pet friendly). However the costs of owning, moving, and maintaining an RV do not result in savings on housing (barring full time boondocking). And RVs come with their own hassles. Do it only for the lifestyle and you will be good.

NedRN · Sep 10, 2016

Boondocking would be the way (and I believe the only way) to be ahead financially. The math is not that difficult.