+doktorfunk Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 Hi, There's a travel bug near our house in the UK that wants to travel to several locations in the USA. It's going to be a while before we go back there, but I could mail it to some relatives who are familiar with a few caches that we found in my hometown so they could plant it in one of them and get it closer to the places it wants to visit. Would that be a good or bad thing to do? Thanks, Adam Quote
+Bear and Ragged Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 Hi, There's a travel bug near our house in the UK that wants to travel to several locations in the USA. It's going to be a while before we go back there, but I could mail it to some relatives who are familiar with a few caches that we found in my hometown so they could plant it in one of them and get it closer to the places it wants to visit. Would that be a good or bad thing to do? Thanks, Adam Contact the TB owner. Quote
+T.D.M.22 Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 Either way I wouldn't suggest giving it to a muggle. How is it going to be logged into a cache? What happens if the caches they know about are gone? At least with another cacher, they could place it any any cache. Quote
+cerberus1 Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 As per the Groundspeak Help Center... 3.4. Mailing Trackables to Another Geocacher There may be occasions when you want to mail a Trackable to a geocacher in another location. Please do not mail any trackable without asking the owner first. Quote
+Pinkpiggy7 Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 I had a cacher send one of my TB's to the US with their muggle friends, and now it has gone missing. I wouldnt ever send by mail to a muggle or personally with a muggle Quote
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Either way I wouldn't suggest giving it to a muggle. I'll second this. Even though they mean well and may well be family, they just don't have the commitment to geocaching. Otherwise, they would already be geocachers. Edited January 3, 2015 by Gitchee-Gummee Quote
+TX Stephens Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I would think mailing the TB would go against the "natural" progression of the TB. The idea is to move from cache to cache with a cacher, right? Not USPS or whatever. If any of you were part of wheresgeorge.com back in the day, it was the same concept. You wanted the currency note to travel naturally. Otherwise it's false travel. Just my thoughts. Quote
+wmpastor Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I would think mailing the TB would go against the "natural" progression of the TB. The idea is to move from cache to cache with a cacher, right? Not USPS or whatever. If any of you were part of wheresgeorge.com back in the day, it was the same concept. You wanted the currency note to travel naturally. Otherwise it's false travel. Just my thoughts. Suppose the UPS guy is a cacher?!?!?! Quote
+Crow-T-Robot Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I would think mailing the TB would go against the "natural" progression of the TB. The idea is to move from cache to cache with a cacher, right? Not USPS or whatever. If any of you were part of wheresgeorge.com back in the day, it was the same concept. You wanted the currency note to travel naturally. Otherwise it's false travel. Just my thoughts. True, the idea is to travel via the cache to cache circuit. However, if a TB owner grants you permission to mail a travel bug, it's not "false travel". It simply traveled along an alternative path that the owner approved of. Of course, a TB should not be mailed without getting that permission from the owner. Quote
+TX Stephens Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I would think mailing the TB would go against the "natural" progression of the TB. The idea is to move from cache to cache with a cacher, right? Not USPS or whatever. If any of you were part of wheresgeorge.com back in the day, it was the same concept. You wanted the currency note to travel naturally. Otherwise it's false travel. Just my thoughts. Suppose the UPS guy is a cacher?!?!?! Mind. Blown. haha. Quote
+Bear and Ragged Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I would think mailing the TB would go against the "natural" progression of the TB. The idea is to move from cache to cache with a cacher, right? Not USPS or whatever. If any of you were part of wheresgeorge.com back in the day, it was the same concept. You wanted the currency note to travel naturally. Otherwise it's false travel. Just my thoughts. Suppose the UPS guy is a cacher?!?!?! But he wouldn't KNOW he had a TB, and would be unable to log a Discover on it... Quote
+Shop99er Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 If you decide to mail it, you can send it to me, and I'll take care of it. Not knowing its mission, I could take it to Seattle, and then down to Portland, where I would drop it off. Quote
+doktorfunk Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 As per the Groundspeak Help Center... 3.4. Mailing Trackables to Another Geocacher There may be occasions when you want to mail a Trackable to a geocacher in another location. Please do not mail any trackable without asking the owner first. Thanks. I'm not sure why I didn't see that. I've sent a message to the travel bug owner and won't do it without his permission. Quote
+doktorfunk Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) If you decide to mail it, you can send it to me, and I'll take care of it. Not knowing its mission, I could take it to Seattle, and then down to Portland, where I would drop it off. Thanks. I'll let you know if I get an answer back from the TB's owner. (It's TB2JGEG, by the way.) Edited January 8, 2015 by doktorfunk Quote
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