A good travel nursing agency will always pay for your housing and travel so you don't have to worry about saving receipts and getting reimbursed. The agency that places you in travel nurse jobs should have their own travel and housing department to help with all the issues that arise in this complex area. It's much easier to concentrate on travel nurse jobs when you don't have to worry about where you're going to live and how much your travel expenses will set you back as you move from one assignment to the next.

In most cases, a travel RN position will come with single housing such as a private hotel room, a private bedroom within a multi-bedroom apartment with other nurses, or a private room in a multi-bedroom hotel suite with other nurses. The companies that provide travel nurse jobs should ensure that the accommodations are clean, secure and close to your assignment. When there isn't housing close to the travel nursing jobs, they should ensure that you are at least close to a line of public transportation that will reliably get you to work on time.

Some people also prefer to receive a housing stipend from the travel nursing agency so they can find their own place to live for the duration of the assignment and pay for it themselves. As far as transportation goes, as soon as you accept a travel RN position you shouldn't have to worry about a thing as long as you are working with a reputable staffing agency. When people decide to take travel nurse jobs the agency should immediately contact them to arrange for their transportation to the city where the assignment is located.

Travel nurse jobs can already be a bit stressful just because of the nature of moving around and getting accustomed to a new job in a new city every few months. A good agency should make the moves as seamless as possible and provide all the housing and transportation.