newbie with two questions

[pirateblue]

Hello all!

 

I guess Im a little slow on getting into geocaching...but Im here now!

 

I have two questions, (warning search func. is not working so I decided to post. Sorry if they are lame questions and if they are in the wrong section.)

 

a) TB Hotels, what makes them a "hotel"

 

and

b)can you only search for them with the premium membership?

 

Thanks!!

[+bittsen]

Hello all!

 

I guess Im a little slow on getting into geocaching...but Im here now!

 

I have two questions, (warning search func. is not working so I decided to post. Sorry if they are lame questions and if they are in the wrong section.)

 

a) TB Hotels, what makes them a "hotel"

 

and

b)can you only search for them with the premium membership?

 

Thanks!!

 

TB hotels are just regular caches that the cache owner has dubbed a "TB hotel". Nothing else officially special about it.

 

You an search for any TB hotel with a basic membership if the owner of the cache has left it open for basic membership. If the cache owner has set it as a PM only cache then, of course, you would need a PM to search for it.

[+popokiiti]

Welcome to the fun!

[+benderoos]

I have only found a few "hotels" so far, but from what I see, they are almost always a larger cache size, that is hidden away from urban centres, usually near a highway.

 

This makes them prime locations for people to drop TB's off and send them on their way.

Edited August 12, 2010 by benderoos