
Perhaps more importantly, hotels are typically much too expensive for travel nursing contracts. Plus, hotels have all sorts of issues, from parking to privacy, that we’re willing to put up with short-term, but can be totally off-putting long term. Most people understandably don’t want to live off room service and take-out food for more than a couple of weeks. The time period is also too long for most hotels. As a result, it’s often very time consuming to find housing options that are willing to accept the typical length of stay for travel nurses. Most landlords and apartment complexes require minimum lease periods of 6 months, with 1 year actually being the most common. This time period is too short for a lease. The typical travel nursing contract is for 13 weeks. Several factors combine to make travel nurse housing uniquely challenging. The Challenges of Travel Nurse Housing Time and Travel Nurse Housing So in this article, we’ll take a close look at a company that is making great strides at resolving these unique challenges,. Of course, there are tons of services out there from Craigslist to corporate housing services, but none of them are necessarily designed to handle the unique challenges of travel nursing.

The typical contract duration and the financial constraints of the bill-rate make it difficult to secure housing that is desirable, safe and affordable in many markets. Securing adequate housing is one of the biggest challenges involved with travel nursing contracts.
