How long does it take for a Geocache to be submitted?

[WinterICE]

I was just wondering the average time for a cache to be submitted. My Friend and I submitted a cache 4 days ago, and I expected it to be up by now.

[Trinity's Crew]

Your cache will probably be reviewed soon. Be patient. You should also be prepared to answer any questions and follow any suggestions your reviewer may have about placement or other issues. Hang in there! I'll bet your cache will be listed in no time!

[+hydnsek]

Not to mention we're just coming off the Labor Day holiday weekend, and the reviewers are all volunteers with lives and families and such. And they probably have a huge queue of caches to review after the holiday weekend.

Edited September 4, 2007 by hydnsek

[+StarBrand]

Patience grasshopper.

 

 

Please know we all still get excited - be it our 2nd hide or 130th.

[tossedsalad]

I was just wondering the average time for a cache to be submitted. My Friend and I submitted a cache 4 days ago, and I expected it to be up by now.

 

It will take a little longer than you would like to wait, but not long enough that you find the mistakes you made...

[Team Misguided]

Not to mention we're just coming off the Labor Day holiday weekend, and the reviewers are all volunteers with lives and families and such. And they probably have a huge queue of caches to review after the holiday weekend.

 

Huge doesn't even begin to cover it!

 

Both of the local cache reviewers for your area were off-line last weekend. We got back Monday night and have been working through the queue as quickly as we can but there are only so many free hours in the day.

 

We appreciate your continued patience and we should get to your cache soon.

[+edscott]

I was just wondering the average time for a cache to be submitted. My Friend and I submitted a cache 4 days ago, and I expected it to be up by now.

 

Submitted... a nanosecond... approved may take a bit longer.

[+The Leprechauns]

I was just wondering the average time for a cache to be submitted. My Friend and I submitted a cache 4 days ago, and I expected it to be up by now.

 

Submitted... a nanosecond... approved may take a bit longer.

Want to quibble about terminology? Approval would take an eternity. Caches are not "approved;" they are "published."

[+Harry Dolphin]

I was just wondering the average time for a cache to be submitted. My Friend and I submitted a cache 4 days ago, and I expected it to be up by now.

 

Submitted... a nanosecond... approved may take a bit longer.

Want to quibble about terminology? Approval would take an eternity. Caches are not "approved;" they are "published."

 

Ha. I had the same thought as edscott. I do submit a new cache to an 'approver', do I not? But, you are right, they are listed as 'published' not 'approved.' Do we have 'publishers' that we can submit them to?

[+Klatch]

Ha. I had the same thought as edscott. I do submit a new cache to an 'approver', do I not? But, you are right, they are listed as 'published' not 'approved.' Do we have 'publishers' that we can submit them to?

I think they are submitted to a reviewer, who publishes them if they meet the guidelines.

[+nekom]

The local reviewers are volunteers so they are subject to the terms of the real world just like the rest of us. Our local ones seem to be quite on the ball, though. Earlier this year, I had a cache submitted in the morning, published by noon, and found by 2! Of couse your mileage may vary.