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    cruiseandcache.com is it legit?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I have been a professional travel agent for 11 years, specializing in cruises and family travel. I have explored the idea of promoting a geo-cruise, as well as a group trip to Bermuda to do their GeoTour, but the interest hasn't been there to really put too much effort into it. Airfare is astronomical these days, and that puts an end to the excitement really quick. The market is too small, I think for too many agents to get involved.

     

    What I can tell you is that a $250 per person deposit is typical for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, so that to me is a "Check Mark" for "Legit."

     

    I also put tried to some $ into the afore-mentioned Kickstarter campaign a few months ago but it didn't meet its goal.

     

    The $250 per person is a down payment. The total is $750 per person.

    cruiseandcache.com is it legit?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Hey guys,

     

    We're looking into this cruiseandcache.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/CruiseAndCache/ caching cruise and wondering if anyone knows more detail about it and can maybe add some validity to the event. We would love to go on a caching cruise and moreso visit Alaska. Though we understand from listening to the Podcachers podcast a bunch of people got burned by a scam pretending to be a geocaching cruise and a lot of people lost the money they invested in it.

     

    It's also a little surprising that I wasn't able to find anything else posted on these forums about it. I would assume other cachers would be very excited about such a thing.

     

    Any input would be helpful. I waited till the last minute and need to pay $250 per person in advance by Dec 31st.

    Cache find not posted to Twitter anymore

    in Website

    Posted

    The new version (5.0) of the iPhone app now has Facebook and Twitter functionality built-in (see this post, and the few below it). For those with iPhones, you may want to check it out.

     

    This only posts to twitter when you log a cache from your smart phone. It does not tweet when you submit field notes which is something that I enjoyed very much. I have added half a dozen new cachers to the community from using this feature but will no longer be able to. I do not care to post multiple tweets at 10pm at night when I'm at home filling out my field notes and finishing the logging of caches from my day. Some people enjoyed following our trip to GWX from MA to IN and to 12 other states over the course of 2 weeks ... as it happened. This was one of the benefits of tweeting from field notes as opposed to logging the cache as found completely.

     

    Mind you, it does not tweet out that you found the cache if you logged it as DNF or only wrote a note in the field note. Only when you logged it as found.

     

    It would be great if gc.com posted some clarification and acknowledgement of removing this feature and/or if they'll be bringing it back since it was useful and added realtime awareness to geocaching.

    10-10-10 geocoins

    in Trackables

    Posted

    A little over 2 weeks to go. We've been selling a lot lately and they're going quick.

     

    I love getting feedback like this:

     

    "Received the 3 coins today that I purchased last week - they look great! Going to get a couple more so I can keep one and give 4 out at a 10-10-10 event we're hosting! Thanks and good luck!"

    10-10-10 geocoins

    in Trackables

    Posted

    Still have plenty of these for sale. There were 250 made but only 100 will be sold to the general public. The rest will be given out at our wedding to the wedding guests. Most of them will never see a cache.

    10-10-10 geocoins

    in Trackables

    Posted

     

    I placed my order as a gift to my youngest grand-daughter who will also marry on 10-10-10. Congratulations.

     

    Thank you for your order. I've packaged it up and it'll be sent out today. Congratulations to your grand-daughter as well!

    10-10-10 geocoins

    in Trackables

    Posted · Edited by leftyfb

    How many coins are being minted? That might effect willingness to pay $16 too. If we knew it was a small round, say 100, I'd be more willing to pay. If there is going to be 1000, OUCH I wouldn't buy one. But, that is just me. :anibad:

     

    edited: Oops, forgot to say, I like the coin, and I like thought behind it. CONGRATS!!

     

    There were 250 made. Only 100 will be sold. The rest will be given to the wedding guests, most of which will never see a cache.

     

    The 01-01-01 on the back is something I can get past. Any seeing as I don't know you, I also don't need the souvenir from your wedding location. Good luck.

     

    The 10-10-10's go all around the perimeter of the coin if you turn the coin following them. As for it being a souvenir, we tried to make it as generic as possible and kept with mostly a "10-10-10" theme. The items having to do with our wedding are hidden within the design and aren't known unless explained.

     

    As for price, I have dropped the price down by $1.00 from $16.50 to $15.50. This is the best we can do for now to try and recoup the cost of minting them. Any lower than that and we'll be losing money.

     

    Thanks everyone for the comments. Hopefully we can get more of these sold going forward. It has certainly been a learning experience.

    10-10-10 geocoins

    in Trackables

    Posted · Edited by leftyfb

    UPDATED INFORMATION:

     

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    This geocoin is to celebrate 10/10/10 which is the day my fiancee and myself get married. We will be giving some out to guests at the wedding and selling the rest to help pay for the wedding. We tried to keep the coin as generic as possible with the "10-10-10" theme while sneaking in some details from our wedding. The coordinates and map on the back of coin are the location of our wedding ceremony.

    The coin does have a custom icon at geocaching.com 3800.gif. We are also trying to organize a small geocaching event at the wedding ceremony. The event will be brief and will be within visual distance of the ceremony itself. More details on the event as they come up.

     

    You can get them at http://coins.thepenguinpalace.net

     

    Feel free to contact me at leftyfb at thepenguinpalace.net with any questions or feedback or just post here.

    10-10-10 geocoins

    in Trackables

    Posted · Edited by leftyfb

     

    Thanks! Looking forward to delivery. :laughing:

     

    You are the first to order! Thanks for your interest and support. I'll have this all packaged up when I get home tonight and will be mailed out first class mail first thing tomorrow.

    10-10-10 geocoins

    in Trackables

    Posted

    Update:

     

    There was a bit of a setback with the design. Somehow, the "track me at geocaching.com" text on the bottom of the coin got left out in the final production. The coins are now being remade and are expected to ship to the vendor on July 19th. They will then be shipped to me. I'll hopefully have them by the end of the month. In the meantime, here is a picture of the coins as they were minted the first time around:

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    Front - full size Back - full size

     

    The coin is called "Tying The Knot On 10-10-10" and will have it's own icon: 3800.gif

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