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There are literally thousands of Travel Bug\u00ae trackables\u00a0bounding around the world<\/a>\u00a0right now. They\u2019re powered by geocachers, traveling geocache to geocache. Travel Bugs travel in pockets, backpacks, purses and snuggle up in suitcases for long distance voyages. Sometimes though, their travels stop cold. Standby for a sad emoticon. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n The trackables get stuck in couch cushions, lost in the kitchen junk drawer or simply (and sadly) forgotten.<\/p>\n Here are 3 tips to help Travel Bugs do what they do best: travel. First, if you find a Travel Bug\u00ae or any\u00a0trackable\u00a0in a geocache, you are not required to trade anything for it. But if you take it, follow some common sense\u00a0trackable etiquette. It all starts by entering the tracking code\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Log<\/strong>\u00a0that you have retrieved the Travel Bug or\u00a0trackable\u00a0from the geocache as soon as you\u2019re able. By logging that you\u2019ve retrieved it, the Travel Bug owner, geocache owner and all those looking for Travel Bugs will know that this one is on the move.<\/p>\n \u2022 \u00a0\u00a0Check<\/strong>\u00a0the Travel Bug\u2019s goal by going to its page. It\u2019s as easy as typing in the\u00a0tracking code<\/a>. Then you can find out if it’s headed to beaches around the world, mountain tops in Austria or somewhere else. The idea is to place the Travel Bug in a geocache that will move it closer to its goal.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Drop<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0trackable\u00a0in the next geocache and log that you have done so. If you need to keep the trackable\u00a0for more than two weeks, please email the owner to let them know that their\u00a0trackable\u00a0is taking a short rest, but will be on the road again soon.<\/p>\n But wait, etiquette doesn’t stop there. Share this video on\u00a0Geocaching Etiquette<\/a>\u00a0with the new geocachers in your life.<\/p>\n [youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GXzIu7p82jg]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are literally thousands of Travel Bug\u00ae trackables\u00a0bounding around the world\u00a0right now. They\u2019re powered by geocachers, traveling geocache to geocache. Travel Bugs travel in pockets, backpacks, purses and snuggle up in suitcases for long distance voyages. Sometimes though, their travels stop cold. Standby for a sad emoticon. \ud83d\ude41 The trackables get stuck in couch cushions,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[161],"series":[],"class_list":["post-21540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learn","tag-trackables"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"Trackable Do’s and Don’ts<\/a><\/blockquote>