Tb Etiquette

[+Bozz]

Alright, a question for you:

 

Is it good (acceptable) etiquette to have a travel bug and give it to another GeoCacher to place in a cache a long way from where you found it? (ie: give to my brother-in-law to take back to Texas with him and place) -- I got him hooked while he was here in Florida.

 

Thanks for the help.

 

Bozz

[+Webfoot]

Alright, a question for you:

 

Is it good (acceptable) etiquette to have a travel bug and give it to another GeoCacher to place in a cache a long way from where you found it? (ie: give to my brother-in-law to take back to Texas with him and place) -- I got him hooked while he was here in Florida.

 

Thanks for the help.

 

Bozz

I guess it depends upon how the owner feels about it. You might want to email the owner of the bug first before giving it to your brother-in-law. They might love the idea of one of their bugs getting out of state, or they might want their bug to take a more "natural" route out of the state, cache to cache as opposed to cacher to cacher.

[+ChrisCindy]

A lot of TB's go to Geovents so they can hitch rides with other people. I wouldn't have a problem if it was my TB as long as you knew the person you gave it to would log it into a cache ASAP.

[+Bozz]

Thanks for the insight! I will try and contact the TB owner before sending it on this type of journey. Didn't know the answer, that is why I asked!

 

Bozz

[+calvinrtvp]

If you're going to do a "hand-off", why not do it at a cache site? That way, you can log the bug as placed in the cache, and your cousin can log the bug as picked up there. That way, it has a definite stopping point, rather than being snatched.

[+Akulakat]

Hand it off at a cache. You log the find first and drop the bug in. Your brother...friend logs second and picks it up. That way more accurate mileage is obtained for the bug.