Healthcare Travel Dating Success Stories
As busy and unique as the travel nurse and healthcare travel lifestyle is, finding and maintaining romantic relationships might seem challenging. Long work hours and traveling to new places may not seem ideal for staying together beyond the length of your contract.
Rest assured: the travel life doesn’t have to mean forgoing a love life. In fact, traveling offers even more opportunities to meet new people, increasing your chances of finding a fulfilling relationship. You can have a thriving travel healthcare career and still navigate your love life with ease.
Don’t just take our word for it. Read on to hear stories from TNAA travelers who have found love while on the road.
Successful Healthcare Traveler Dating Stories
Here are five travelers who shared their love stories and how they’ve successfully navigated their relationships as travelers.
It Was Time for a Change
Laura and her husband Jim embraced the travel life with TNAA after realizing it was time for a change. Laura was unhappy with her staff position and Jim had open-heart surgery. Then they received a text from their recruiter Nick. “The next thing I knew, I was interviewing for a position in Wyoming,” said Laura.
That’s where these two lovebirds met and adopted their other loves, Maverick and Pepsi. “We joke Maverick has traveled more than most people,” Laura shared.
Please join us in wishing Jim and Laura a very Happy 20th Anniversary this Valentine’s Day 2025!
High School Sweethearts Still Going Strong
Alexis and her husband started dating when they were freshmen in high school. Their relationship thrived throughout high school, and they went to college together, where they got engaged.
Even with Alexis’s busy lifestyle as a travel nurse – she has worked in PCU, Tele, and MedSurg – their relationship just gets better and better. “We feel fortunate to have been a part of each other’s lives for so long and have gone through many milestones together,” Alexis said. The happy couple has now celebrated six years of happy marriage!
Update February 2025
Alexis and Lewis have now been married for seven years and together for fourteen! Their travel journey continues with them enjoying the Arizona sun with their dogs.
Proof Tacos Can Change Your Life
Everybody loves tacos, but Stephanie Mitrano (Tele/MedSurg) found a way for them to love her back. While on a night shift travel nurse assignment in Reno, an inmate was brought into her unit, accompanied by two officers.
One of the officers and Stephanie hit it off, talking about work, travel, and tacos over the next few nights. “For the next three weeks, he came to my unit,” she shared. “Mind you, the inmate was now discharged. He brought me tacos from different Mexican restaurants in Reno and became known on the unit as Taco Sheriff Guy.”
But Taco Sheriff Guy stepped up his game on Valentine’s Day by bringing Stephanie a home-cooked meal. As fate would have it, the two had planned separate trips to Vegas that very weekend and decided to meet up for a Knights game – and he even planned a helicopter ride for the pair.
The couple will celebrate one year together this March and got engaged on February 15, 2024!
Update February 2025
We are so excited to announce that Stephanie and Taco Sheriff Guy recently tied the knot!
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Lucky Date Number Eight
While on assignment in Washington, ER travel nurse Erica Wilhemina challenged herself to get out and enjoy more of the Pacific Northwest by dating. Little did she know it would lead to so much more. “I told myself I needed to go on ten dates,” she said. Her now boyfriend of almost two years was lucky date number eight!
Update February 2025
Erica and Kristofer are still going strong—and she even moved to Washington to be closer to him!
Challenge Accepted
Cherry Castillo da Silva was on a travel nurse assignment in Spokane, Washington when she met Zachery, the love of her life. She and her friends went out for drinks one night, and one of her friends challenged him to do a goofy dance in exchange for a drink. Cherry and Zackery exchanged numbers, and the rest was history.
The happy couple exchanged vows in October 2023. He even took her last name! The pair have made the most out of Cherry’s travel nurse lifestyle, traveling over 11,000 miles to see one another last year alone!
Update February 2025
The happy couple is expecting their first baby this year and are happily settled in the place where it all began.
Travel With TNAA
These stories are only a few examples of healthcare travelers and travel nurses who have found lasting love amidst thriving travel careers. Whether you are looking for something casual or hoping to meet the love of your life, you can build a connection as unique as your travel lifestyle. Check out our tried-and-true tips for dating as a travel nurse or healthcare traveler for more inspiration as you navigate the dating world.
If you’re ready to plan your next travel healthcare assignment, choose TNAA for the best experience! Our top-rated recruiters and traveler-centric approach are only part of what makes TNAA one of the best travel nurse agencies.
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