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Travel Therapy Mentor
by Jared and Whitney Casazza
Travel Therapy Mentor is brought to you by traveling physical therapists & world travelers, Jared & Whitney Casazza. Each month they provide new information about pursuing a career in travel healthcare, for US-based PTs/PTAs, OTs/OTAs, and SLPs. Jared & Whitney are a Travel PT duo who have been traveling since 2015 & have visited all 50 US states & over 50 countries internationally! They’ve mentored thousands of current & aspiring travel therapists over the last several years. Subscribe to learn more about travel therapy and get started on your own Travel PT, Travel OT, or Travel SLP journey!
Episodes
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155. Travel Therapy Job Market Update - September 2026
Travel Therapy Job Market Update - September 2026 Tune in to hear the latest updates about the travel therapy industry, with insights from 12 different staffing agencies and our own advice and recommendations. This is important info for both current and aspiring travel therapists, especially…
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154. Life Update + Financial Independence as a Travel Therapist
Life Update + Financial Independence as a Travel TherapistJoin us for an update on our lives, including buying a new house, expecting our second child this fall, and working part time locally as PTs. We also discuss how our financial independence journey led us to this point via travel therapy…
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153. Advice for New/Aspiring Travel Therapists From Experienced Travelers
Advice for New/Aspiring Travel Therapists From Experienced Travelers In this video we share advice we received from our audience of current/experienced travel therapists, as well as our own insights and advice, for therapists new to travel therapy or considering getting started with travel...
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152. Travel Therapy Job Market Update (May 2026)
Travel Therapy Job Market Update - May 2026 Join us to hear the latest updates about the travel therapy industry. We gather insights from a dozen different staffing agencies (CEOs, managers and recruiters) and provide our own insights and recommendations. You don't want to miss this info whether...
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151. Pros & Cons of Travel Therapy Job Boards
Pros and Cons of Travel Therapy Job BoardsWho loves to browse travel therapy jobs on different job boards?!We have a travel therapy job list ourselves and we know it’s fun to scope out the market and see what’s out thereBut there are definitely limitations to using job boards for your travel...
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150. Transportation Options for Travel Therapists
Join us to learn more about different car/transportation options that travel therapists use. From driving your own car, to shipping your car, renting a car, and more. Plus what to do in remote places like Alaska & Hawaii, and what to do for couples.
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149. Highest Paying States for Travel Therapists
The Highest Paying Travel Therapy States in 2026: Balancing Gross Pay, Taxes, and Cost of Living Listen in to learn more about how to look for the highest paying states and jobs for travel therapists
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148. Travel Therapy Job Market Update - Jan 2026
Travel Therapy Job Market Update - January 2026If you're considering getting started with travel therapy this year, or if you're a current travel therapist, don't miss this info! Important updates about the current state of the travel therapy job market. We also provide recommendations and advice...
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147. End of Year Giveaways!
Our annual End of Year Giveaways for therapists who took contracts with our recommended travel therapy recruiters, as well as therapists who left us a review on our social media channels and travel therapy course!
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146. Holiday & New Year Planning for Travel Therapists
Holiday + New Year Planning for Travel TherapistsIt's that time of year again! There are some special circumstances to consider for travel therapists working through the holidays. Guaranteed hours - do you get paid for the holiday if your facility is closed? what about if you asked off work for…
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145. Credit Card + Travel Hacking For Travel Therapists
Credit Card + Travel Hacking For Travel Therapists We've used credit card rewards to our advantage over our years as healthcare travelers (plus the flexibility of our Travel PT careers) to travel all over the world for cheap. We've visited all 7 continents and over 50 countries internationally…
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144. Top 5 Benefits of Being a Travel Therapist
Top 5 Benefits of Being a Travel Therapist: Wondering about some of the best reasons to become a travel therapist? Join us to learn more!
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143. Life Update: Selling Our Townhouse and Renting Our Next Home
Listen in as we discuss our recent life changes including selling our townhouse and the decision to rent our next home.Join us to hear the updates and some insights on the current housing market and economy
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142. Travel Therapy Job Market Update - August 2025
Travel Therapy Job Market Update - end of summer 2025!Listen in to hear the latest insights about the travel therapy job market. We gather info from 15 different travel therapy staffing agencies, plus provide our own insights and recommendations.For more info about travel therapy, check out our...
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141. Student Loan Update with FitBUX (July 2025)
Listen in to hear the latest updates as of July 2025 about the current state of affairs with student loan repayment.Specifically, we discuss the end of administrative forbearance for those who were on the SAVE student loan plan; the new RAP student loan plan; and some ideas for what to do next if...
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140. Travel Therapy & Finance Q&A (June 2025)
Travel Therapy + Finance Q&AIn this video we answer questions about travel therapy (tax homes, filing taxes, negotiating short term housing, bill rates, working with recruiters, traveling as a new grad, and more!)We also answer some more in depth questions about financial independence, travel...
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139. Financial Independence & Semi Retirement as a Travel Therapist
Financial Independence & Semi Retirement as a Travel Therapist: Who likes the idea of only working part of the year & taking off the rest of the year to do other things (like travel for fun, spend time with family, or pursue other interests)?! We do!! So that’s why we have designed our lifestyles...
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138. 10 Lessons Learned from 10 Years as Travel Therapists
10 lessons learned from 10 years as travel therapists: Wow, it’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since we graduated DPT school & started our careers as Travel PTs! But when we reflect back, we realize we have experienced and learned so much in those 10 years! Listen to this episode to hear our...
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137. RV Life Overview, Pros/Cons, Logistics, Financial Considerations & More
Check out this podcast originally recorded in November of 2022 about RV life for healthcare travelers. We discuss logistics, pros/cons, and financial considerations!
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136. Spring 2025 Travel Therapy Job Market Update
Travel Therapy Job Market Update - Spring 2025Join us to hear the latest updates about the travel therapy industry. We gathered information from 14 different travel therapy companies, including company owners, managers, and recruiters. We also provide our insights and suggestions as experienced...
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135. Student Loan Repayment Update with FitBux
Student Loan Updates: Listen in as we discuss the current issues surrounding student loan repayment options with Joe Reinke from FitBux.
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134. Filing Taxes as a Travel Therapist
Filing Taxes as a Healthcare Traveler It’s TAX SEASON & we always get a ton of questions about filing taxes as a healthcare traveler! We also get tax and tax home questions all throughout the year. This video/podcast was originally recorded in 2023 but we are resharing it because the info is all...
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133. Top 10 Myths About Travel Therapy
Travel Therapy Myths: Join us to learn more about these travel therapy misconceptions: 1. You shouldn’t travel as a new grad 2. All travel jobs are bad that’s why they need a traveler 3. You can’t get good benefits or job security as a traveler 4. You’ll be treated poorly at the facility bc…
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132. End of Year Giveaways
We announced our 2024 end of year giveaway winners & talked a little about 2024/2025! Thanks everyone for your continued support!
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131. Why & How to Work with Multiple Travel Therapy Recruiters
Why & How to Work with Multiple Travel Therapy Recruiters Join us to learn more about the process of working with multiple travel therapy recruiters, including why this is beneficial, pros and cons, and how to professionally navigate this method.
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130. Travel Therapy Job Market Update (Nov 2024)
Travel Therapy Job Market Update - Nov 2024 Join us to hear the latest updates on the travel therapy job market! Important info for both current and aspiring travelers as we head into the end of the year and the beginning of 2025!
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129. Travel Therapy Q&A
Listen in as we answer questions and in-depth scenarios from our travel therapy course group members, as well as a few extra questions we received in DMs & during the live stream! As always if you want more detailed info on any of these topics, check out the articles on our website & our past...
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128. Planning Travel Therapy Contracts for The Holidays & Ending/Beginning of the Year!
Planning Travel Therapy Contracts for The Holidays & Ending/Beginning of the Year! Time to start thinking about how to plan your travel contracts around the holidays!! Plus many of you may be planning to take the end of the year off & start anew in January! Listen in as we’ll discuss all the...
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127. Family Planning, Pregnancy, & Maternity Leave as a Travel Therapist
Family Planning, Pregnancy & Maternity as a Travel Therapist: We’ve been getting lots of questions about pregnancy & maternity care for travel therapists since Whitney is currently pregnant! Listen in as we discuss logistics & considerations for family planning, pregnancy, maternity care…
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126. How Far From Home Do You Need to be for a Travel Therapy Contract?
How Far From Home Do You Need to be for a Travel Therapy Contract? Prospective travel therapists often wonder how far away from home does a job need to be in order to be considered a travel therapy contract. Often the people asking this question have a reason for not wanting to leave their home...
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125. Colorado Road Trip Recap + Travel Hacking + Traveling While Pregnant
Colorado Road Trip Recap + Travel Hacking + Traveling While Pregnant... Join us to hear more about our road trip we just returned from in Colorado! We’ll recap what we did, plus talk about some travel hacking strategies using credit card rewards, and discuss travel while pregnant & more!
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124. What to Look For On a Travel Therapy Contract
What to Look For On a Travel Therapy Contract: Join us to learn more about travel therapy contracts... What should be on your written contract? What things do you need to ask the recruiter about? Any red flags to be aware of?
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123. July 2024 Travel Therapy Job Market Update
July 2024 Travel Therapy Job Market Update Listen in for the latest updates on the travel therapy job market! We’ve gathered info across several companies from industry leaders, company owners, managers, & recruiters + provide our own insights & advice!
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122. Recap of Our Recent Travel PT Contracts + Discussion on Our Life Plans
Recap of Our Recent Contracts + Discuss Our Life Plans: Tune in to hear more about our Travel PT contracts we just finished up, working in outpatient in Charlottesville VA. Also hear more about our upcoming plans & plans for the future as we get ready to have our first baby!
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121. Accepting a Travel Contract Without An Interview
Accepting a Travel Contract Without An Interview: Travel Therapists: would you/should you accept a travel contract without doing an interview? In our opinion, the phone interview with the facility is one of the most important steps to ensure a travel therapy contract is a good fit before…
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120. Negotiating Travel Therapy Contract Extensions
Negotiating Travel Therapy Contract Extensions: In this episode, we discuss extending a travel therapy contract. -Why you might want to extend -Why the facility might ask you to extend -Logistics of negotiating an extension -Pay increases with contract extensions -Others terms you may include in...
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119. Travel Therapy Q&A
TRAVEL THERAPY Q&A - In this episode we answer all your questions about travel therapy, finance, student loans, new grads, etc! Tune in to learn more!
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118. The Flexibility of Travel Therapy: Transitioning Between Travel, PRN, & Perm
As healthcare professionals, we have a lot of flexibility in our career choices. Staying at a local/perm job does not have to be “permanent” and neither does travel therapy. We as well as many others transition back and forth depending what suits our needs at the time. Join us to learn more about...
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117. Starting a New Travel Therapy Contract
Starting a New Travel Therapy Contract Join us to learn more about starting a new travel therapy contract: What to expect on your first week, training/onboarding, what to do if issues come up, etc! We will also talk a bit about our current Travel PT contract that we just started!
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116. The Process to Get Started as a Travel Therapist
Interested in travel therapy, but not sure where to begin? In this episode, we discuss the timeline and process for getting started- including: Getting in contact with recruiters; Licensure; Getting your profile set up; Being submitted for jobs; Phone interviews; Accepting a contract;...
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115. Travel Therapy Job Market Update (March 2024)
Travel Therapy Job Market Update (March 2024) Listen in to get all the latest updates on the travel therapy world! 👉 if you are a current traveler or considering starting travel therapy in 2024, you don’t want to miss this information! We gathered stats from 12 different companies including...
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114. South America & Antarctica Recap + Life Updates
We just got back from a 6 week trip to South America and Antarctica, followed by going to the APTA CSM conference in Boston! It's been a busy couple of months and we got behind on videos/podcasts! Listen in as we recap our bucket list trip & talk about future plans!
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113. Travel Therapy Mentor End of Year Giveaways!
Each year we give away over $1000 in gift cards to our travel therapy community! Listen to the replay of the live drawings for our giveaways this year. 5 winners of $200 Amazon gift cards - each for completing travel therapy contracts with our recommended recruiters in 2023 1 winner of $100…
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112. Mental Health & Support Systems as a Travel Therapist
Mental Health & Support Systems as a Travel Therapist Being a travel therapist has a lot of perks: -higher income -exploring the country -experiencing new clinical opportunities -having a flexible schedule -meeting new people But it can have its downsides too— —such as being away from...
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111. Packing & Moving as a Travel Therapist
Packing & Moving as a Travel Therapist - How and what should you pack for travel therapy assignments? The process of packing & moving for travel therapy jobs can be daunting! Join us to learn more - we’ll provide insights and tips to make your life easier when it comes to packing for travel jobs!
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110. Most Common & Highest Paying Settings for Travel Therapy Jobs
What are the Most Common & Highest Paying Settings for Travel Therapy Jobs? If you’re considering jumping into travel therapy, you’ve probably wondered which settings are the most common for travel therapy jobs, and which settings pay the most for travel therapy jobs. These are both important...
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109. November 2023 Travel Therapy Job Market Update!
November 2023 Travel Therapy Job Market Update! Time for another update!! Join us to hear the latest insights on the travel therapy job market! We’ll bring you updates from several different companies, recruiters, and owners. Plus we’ll provide our own insights and suggestions! Whether you’re a...
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108. Is Mentorship Available for Travel Therapy Jobs?
Is Mentorship Available for Travel Therapy Jobs? If you’re a new grad or a therapist considering trying a new setting - you may be wondering if there are any mentorship opportunities for travel therapists. As with most things in healthcare, our answer is “IT DEPENDS”. Every travel therapy job is...
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107. Travel Therapy Housing: RV Life & How to Choose the Right RV
When you start looking into travel healthcare- housing is one of the big issues that comes up. Most choose short term housing but a growing number of healthcare travelers are considering RV life. We lived and traveled in an 5th Wheel RV for 3yrs & get a lot of questions about RV life, plus how to...
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106. Life Updates: Honeymoon & Road Trip Recap + Announcements!
Honeymoon + Roadtrip Recap --- Life has been a whirlwind the last few months! We had our Wedding, then went on a 10-Week Europe Honeymoon, followed immediately by a 2-Week Road Trip and visiting our Last National Park! Join us on this episode to hear more about our honeymoon + road trip! Plus…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Travel Therapy Mentor is brought to you by traveling physical therapists & world travelers, Jared & Whitney Casazza. Each month they provide new information about pursuing a career in travel healthcare, for US-based PTs/PTAs, OTs/OTAs, and SLPs. Jared & Whitney are a Travel PT duo who have been traveling since 2015 & have visited all 50 US states & over 50 countries internationally! They’ve mentored thousands of current & aspiring travel therapists over the last several years. Subscribe to learn more about travel therapy and get started on your own Travel PT, Travel OT, or Travel SLP journey!
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