Becoming a travel independent contractor

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Hello everyone,

This is my first time posting in this forum and I am excited to connect with all the beautiful and brilliant minds that already exist here.

My husband and I are looking into starting our own travel agency for ourselves; where we cut out the middle man and are able to negotiate, accept and work contracts without the use of a travel agency.

Does anyone have any experience in this field of business or have recommendations on resources available for people new to this. All comments are greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your contribution in advance. God bless you all.

Specializes in SRNA, ICU and Emergency Mursing.

You could have just said no... lol.

If it's location/time you need.

Location:Los Angeles..... Time: Today

I've told you my exact salary, but you want to keep your information top secret... that's fine. If you'd like to share, that's fine too...

If you don't want to share, just say you won't share It's that simple. No need dancing around with Walmart theory and hypotheticals. I know to ask HR and I've already told you I'm getting no straight answers (again is the case here).

I know now I can walk in with any number I want, I was just looking for some insight from a fellow nurse in the business.

Cheers!!

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And I've told you how to take your compensation and reverse engineer a bill rate range. As well as several other techniques. What more do you want?

I don't have any proprietary information to guard. I have zero information about the LA market for any specialty. Never worked an independent contract there.

I'm not sure you've got this yet: I negotiate every single assignment and even extension each time. I don't have a list of bill rates.

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Specializes in SRNA, ICU and Emergency Mursing.
What more do you want?

A number, range, average, or Minimum rate.

I'm sure you know what number you negotiated in your most current contract. What is that number? That's what I'm looking for.

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Sure. $95. Not Southern California.

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Specializes in SRNA, ICU and Emergency Mursing.

Thank you!

:)

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Specializes in Peri-Op.

My bill rate was $113 - $127 in SF.

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Specializes in SRNA, ICU and Emergency Mursing.
My bill rate was $113 - $127 in SF.

Awesome thank you for that insight. Makes sense as SF is the most expensive area in the state.

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Generally the highest bill rate I've seen for OR nurses is $130. I've seen that a number of times the last few years. Never landed one at that rate though. Argo has been working OR.

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