I, too, am having the same problem. My travel bug has been with the same person for several months now. She'll take it and drop it in a cache for 15 min and then retrieve it. I have to say she was very nice in the beginning because I sent her something to attach to my travel bug, and she was very accomodating with that, but now she won't let it go. I guess I could send her a nice e-mail, but I don't want to offend her. This is very frustrating. It's not the way the game is supposed to be played.