+djjohnmerry Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Hi all, What do people think of Travel Bug Hotels any thoughts good or bad? Quote Link to comment
+Chokecherry Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Too many people put on their page that people can't take bugs if you don't leave a bug which turns them into prisons. And if they get stolen a lot of bugs go with them. Quote Link to comment
+mpilchfamily Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 If its in a good location it will become a hotel. No need to call it one and draw unwanted attention to it. There are people who get a free account so they can find near by TB hotels and steel the trackables. So if you place one don't call it a hotel and if you do then make it a PMO cache so its harder for the would be thief to find it. Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 IMNSHO, there is no such thing as a 'Travel Bug Hotel'. There are good caches worthy (and safe enough) to place other peoples' (prized) property into, and there are others that are not. Simply adding some text to the name does not make it a worthy cache. Quote Link to comment
+Andromeda321 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I think the concept is not a bad one but inevitably what ends up happening after a few years is caches that are listed as "TB hotels" end up not having any TBs in them! That always feels a bit disappointing if you ask me. I figure if you just end up hiding a cache that's large enough for several TBs and is a quality hide then TBs will show up there. Unless there's a CO who is routinely restocking TBs at the "hotel" then I rarely see the point otherwise. Quote Link to comment
+L0ne.R Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I think the concept is not a bad one but inevitably what ends up happening after a few years is caches that are listed as "TB hotels" end up not having any TBs in them! That always feels a bit disappointing if you ask me. I figure if you just end up hiding a cache that's large enough for several TBs and is a quality hide then TBs will show up there. Unless there's a CO who is routinely restocking TBs at the "hotel" then I rarely see the point otherwise. +1 Most of the TB Hotels I've visited had regular swag and no TBs. A CO that plants one should probably be prepared to do more maintenance and add their own TBs regularly. I agree with Andromeda about planting a water-tight regular size cache that's large enough for several TBs. Quote Link to comment
+ace862 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 You can check out my TB Hotel - GC1DT3P It's been in place for over 3 years now. It has had, to date, 347 finds and 301 TBs and coins have passed through it. There are a few cachers in the area who regularly visit to pick up and drop off. Any trackables that end up in the cache don't last very long before they are on the move again. Say what you will about TB Hotels, but I think mine has worked fairly well. And just to note, there are NO prison rules on my cache. That would just be wrong! Cheers! Quote Link to comment
+Mr. 0 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 There have been a few I've visited that were well done, but for the most part I'm not a fan. As others have mentioned they sometimes end up as a prison, and if the cache gets stolen it can take out a lot of bugs in one go. Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 If its in a good location it will become a hotel. No need to call it one and draw unwanted attention to it. There are people who get a free account so they can find near by TB hotels and steel the trackables. So if you place one don't call it a hotel and if you do then make it a PMO cache so its harder for the would be thief to find it. do the math: $10 for a 3 month. average geocoin cost $10. someone he||bent on raiding caches for coins only has to find one a month to pay for that 3 months account. don't call it a hotel, if its big enough travelers will be left in it. Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 You can check out my TB Hotel - GC1DT3P It's been in place for over 3 years now. It has had, to date, 347 finds and 301 TBs and coins have passed through it. There are a few cachers in the area who regularly visit to pick up and drop off. Any trackables that end up in the cache don't last very long before they are on the move again. Say what you will about TB Hotels, but I think mine has worked fairly well. And just to note, there are NO prison rules on my cache. That would just be wrong! Cheers! how many have you had to mark missing? not many TBs or coins in my area lately Quote Link to comment
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