What is the most pay you have brought home in a 2week period traveling?

[psych1]

I am weighing all the pros and cons of traveling and would like some help. I would like to know what is the most take home pay that some of you have brought home as a traveler and the hours you worked to receive this. Was this with the housing stipend or not. And what is your specialty. Thanks for the info.

[sandals]

i am surprised to hear such focus on pay. from what i see about travel companies, they all pretty much offer the same thing. am i not correct that if you want no benefits, you get paid more. if they are setting up your housing, you get paid less. so doesnt it all work out the same in the end.

[stephanieindc]

actually, the hourly rates don't change when you accept the company's housing. when i went to california and opted to find my own housing, i ended up in the same apartment building that my company was placing travelers. i rented a furnished apartment with the same amenities provided to the travelers for about $800 less per month than the housing subsidy offered. i used to think that things would eventually even themselves out between companies until another company offered me the same job at the same hospital i was working at for $1.50 less hourly and $600 less in the housing subsidy. there wasn't a difference in the healthcare benefits that i could see. no bonuses, no special perks... the companies aren't equal. pay plays a large part in most nurses' reasons for travel.

[sandals]

wow i did not know that

so i guess the bigger companies can charge the hospital so much that they can afford to pay that

thanks for the info, this is very intriguing to me