Travel Bug sticker on my car

[katsgonewild]

i've recently purchased a travel bug sticker that i intend to put on my car. it comes with the dog tags and i'm wondering how that works. i've never seen a tb on a car and i like the idea. could you help me understand how this might work?

[+Team Brantley]

Hey katsgonewild,

 

Well, there are many TBs like this. You find the car, and write down the tracking number. Then you log your visit on its personal page. The car moves and everything, and people spot and tell were its at.

 

- Cody from Team Brantey

[+BlueDeuce]

Basically when people come across the bug stuck to your car they will log a Discover on it. No Grabbing or Retrieving since they won't be taking it with them. (You hope)

 

The dogtags are for if you decide to stop using your car as a Travel bug. You can re-release it as a standard bug that travels from cache to cache carried by other cachers.

 

For now just throw the dogtags in a drawer.

[katsgonewild]

Hey katsgonewild,

 

Well, there are many TBs like this. You find the car, and write down the tracking number. Then you log your visit on its personal page. The car moves and everything, and people spot and tell were its at.

 

- Cody from Team Brantey

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so what do i do with the tags that came with it? i think that's where it got confusing for me.

[katsgonewild]

Basically when people come across the bug stuck to your car they will log a Discover on it. No Grabbing or Retrieving since they won't be taking it with them. (You hope)

 

The dogtags are for if you decide to stop using your car as a Travel bug. You can re-release it as a standard bug that travels from cache to cache carried by other cachers.

 

For now just throw the dogtags in a drawer.

 

thanks. i'm looking forward to this.

[+geo-spoutnik]

I also want to have a travel bug on my car and I do have the perfect car for that... a silver VW Bug !

 

katsgonewild, where did you buy your travel bug stickers and how big are they?

 

If they are not big enough, I'm considering having the logo blown up and applied by an auto Vinyl Graphics specialist. I'd like them to be about 1 foot x 2 feet and have a copy on the hood and one on the trunk.

 

Is there a way to choose the tracking number we want? I suppose not but I had to ask just in case.

[+JohnE5]

The vinyl sticky ones are a little smaller than a standard sheet of paper. They come with the tracking number printed on them, you can not change that.

[+ghettomedic]

No Grabbing or Retrieving since they won't be taking it with them. (You hope)

 

Well, my brother (Mooney625) seems to think it is funny to keep grabbing my pickup truck TB from me and hiding it in Caches.

Log 1

Log 2

Log 3

[+ErikaJean]

I just ordered it (a magnetic one). I plan on using it on an upcoming road trip. I'm not going to leave it on my car in my hometown though, for safety reasons. I'll get it out when ever I go on caching trips or road trips though ;-)

[+Oxygen Thief]

This thread almost answered a question I was going to ask, almost...

 

Is there a way to stop people grabbing or retrieving it? Or is it all a bit vague?

 

How are these logged if they are never hidden? I mean I could be parked 500 miles away from the nearest geocache? How would this work?

Edited April 24, 2009 by Oxygen Thief

[+Castle Mischief]

I just ordered it (a magnetic one). I plan on using it on an upcoming road trip. I'm not going to leave it on my car in my hometown though, for safety reasons. I'll get it out when ever I go on caching trips or road trips though ;-)

 

What are your safety concerns? That somebody might see the tracking number and stalk you via your GC account?

Edited April 24, 2009 by Castle Mischief

[+ErikaJean]

I just ordered it (a magnetic one). I plan on using it on an upcoming road trip. I'm not going to leave it on my car in my hometown though, for safety reasons. I'll get it out when ever I go on caching trips or road trips though ;-)

 

What are your safety concerns? That somebody might see the tracking number and stalk you via your GC account?

 

I have road rage ;-) lol no.

 

I just don't want to leave it on in my home town - Work, home, friends house ect. I'm just playing it SAFE

[+kccj]

I found one once, where the TB id was a personalized Plate. Makes you really think when you see something like this. Pretty cool.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=561717

[+ErikaJean]

I found one once, where the TB id was a personalized Plate. Makes you really think when you see something like this. Pretty cool.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=561717

 

Very cool, and creative! I wonder if they have a plate frame or something that says "log me at:" or something along those lines? Because I don't know if I would catch it!

[katsgonewild]

i've recently purchased a travel bug sticker that i intend to put on my car. it comes with the dog tags and i'm wondering how that works. i've never seen a tb on a car and i like the idea. could you help me understand how this might work?

here is another question i have about the car travel bug...it came with two stickers. i'd really like to put one on my suv that we use to go camping etc. and one on my around town car. is there something that says i can't do that? or else i thought of putting the sticker on a magnetic sheet and moving it from car to car. i would really rather not do that. and it is an option.

[+BlueDeuce]

You can't release more than one bug with the same tracking number. Additionally having a bug listing pulled between different cache listings causes a lot of confusion.

 

But since you aren't really releasing it out to the wild and it's likely only to have Discover logs I guess it's not going to be a big issue. Try not to get things tangled up.

 

A gc.com rep may say different.

[+Geo-LMP]

You can't release more than one bug with the same tracking number. Additionally having a bug listing pulled between different cache listings causes a lot of confusion.

 

But since you aren't really releasing it out to the wild and it's likely only to have Discover logs I guess it's not going to be a big issue. Try not to get things tangled up.

 

A gc.com rep may say different.

 

I'm glad it came with two vinyl stickers. I put the first one on my car, and then a few months later got into an accident and totaled the car. The second sticker (which I thought I had lost), I now have on my truck. I better not wreck this one. Those TB stickers.....and vehicles.....are expensive!

[+grateful cacher]

One question I have about the vehicle travel bugs. I'm planning a trip from Oregon to Alabama next month, and have put a TB sticker on my car. I've activated it, but in the log it shows that I'm in possession of it. Do these TBs accumulate miles, and if they do, what do you use for a starting location? A GPS fix on my home? I'm new at this and am just trying to understand the subtlties of TBs.

 

Thanks for the help.

 

[+BlueDeuce]

Bugs accumulate mileage by being logged through caches they have visited. Unfortunately car travel bugs aren't very good at reaching a cache location. They are intended to be more of a social traveler by having people spot the tag while you are out and about and log a Discover.

 

If you want you can get the bug out of your drop inventory by marking it as missing. All this does is move it to an Unknown Location. You can still have people log Discovers and easy to pull back out at anytime. Just go to the bug page and under Trackable Item Options is a pull down menu labeled mark as missing. Click go.

Edited May 8, 2009 by BlueDeuce

[+tulsagal2go]

I have just purchased one of the window cling travel bugs and placed it on my rear window. I named mine GeoRav and it was spotted for the first time yesterday on the highway. The dog tags I just keep at home in a safe place. It is fun and an inexpensive way to get a start in geocaching for me. I ordered mine from Groundspeak. Enjoy your new bug! tulsagal2go

[+Angie D300]

Not to sound stupid, but basically, i could just put a TB sticker on my car & just let other cachers find my my car as i travel, right? Then would i just keep track of it as cachers log it, right? If so, then this could be fun...especially for cachers around my house because there is a cache site, that i can see from my house. I could always give them a little hint to my car's TB sticker...as an bonus find. Thanks for any help...kind of new to this.

 

Angie D300

[+BlueDeuce]

Not to sound stupid, but basically, i could just put a TB sticker on my car & just let other cachers find my my car as i travel, right? Then would i just keep track of it as cachers log it, right? If so, then this could be fun...especially for cachers around my house because there is a cache site, that i can see from my house. I could always give them a little hint to my car's TB sticker...as an bonus find. Thanks for any help...kind of new to this.

 

Angie D300

 

If people come across your bug they would log a Discover so you'll have a list of everyone who's found it right there on the bug page. You can tell people the bug is available, just don't provide the tracking number. They'll have to get it from the sticker themselves.

[Quizes]

I'd like to get a bug for the front of our camper, but our trailer is white. Do they make the stickers in any color other than white?

[+grateful cacher]

Bugs accumulate mileage by being logged through caches they have visited. Unfortunately car travel bugs aren't very good at reaching a cache location. They are intended to be more of a social traveler by having people spot the tag while you are out and about and log a Discover.

 

If you want you can get the bug out of your drop inventory by marking it as missing. All this does is move it to an Unknown Location. You can still have people log Discovers and easy to pull back out at anytime. Just go to the bug page and under Trackable Item Options is a pull down menu labeled mark as missing. Click go.

 

Isn't it possible for me to do this for myself? I thought there was a process called dipping that would allow me to put my bug into a cache and then take it right back out. That way it would log the mileage between caches? How exactly does that work?

 

Rich

[+BlueDeuce]

Just like any other bug. Ya Drop it in with your Found it log and you Retrieve the bug right back out.

[+BubbaC]

OK - I have the INTERIOR TB window cling, and have registered it. Only problem is that the window I have it on is tinted, making it even more of a challenge for folks to find. Question - is there a way to set up a cache with dummy coordinates (in the vicinity of where I usually park) to give other cachers an idea of where to find this one, or even the knowledge that it exists?

[+BlueDeuce]

OK - I have the INTERIOR TB window cling, and have registered it. Only problem is that the window I have it on is tinted, making it even more of a challenge for folks to find. Question - is there a way to set up a cache with dummy coordinates (in the vicinity of where I usually park) to give other cachers an idea of where to find this one, or even the knowledge that it exists?

 

No, that would imply a virtual cache. Those are no longer approved.

 

You could certainly permanently stick your travel bug in a normal cache but then it wouldn't be a car TB would it?

 

Trust me on this one - Ain't hardly no one gonna log your car TB regardless of how easy it is to notice.

 

At events or anytime you meet up with a cacher, hand them the tracking information to log your TB.

[+nefesh]

Has anyone used the magnetic car TB's? If so, where's the best place to put them? It seems they would be easier to steal.

[+BlueDeuce]

Has anyone used the magnetic car TB's? If so, where's the best place to put them? It seems they would be easier to steal.

 

I've had mine since March 29, 2007.

 

Since the rear end of my car is plastic I place it just behind the window of the driver-side back-passenger.

 

The only person who's going to take it is some punk vandal, but most of them were defeated at Carthage in 533.

 

Take it in at night I you wish.

 

I wouldn't worry about it.

[+fsafranek]

I'd like to get a bug for the front of our camper, but our trailer is white. Do they make the stickers in any color other than white?

Check out http://www.debbiedoesdecals.com/. She can probably make you a copy in whatever color you want. You just give her the tracking number from the one you bought.

 

I'm glad it came with two vinyl stickers. I put the first one on my car, and then a few months later got into an accident and totaled the car. The second sticker (which I thought I had lost), I now have on my truck. I better not wreck this one. Those TB stickers.....and vehicles.....are expensive!

She can also make additional copies for you.