Travel Bug
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A Travel Bug is a registered trademark of Groundspeak Inc used to describe a dogtag used in Geocaching. It is moved from cache to cache, and its travels can be logged on a website. Each travel bug tag is printed with a unique number, which is needed to post a log online.
Travel bugs are tracked on the Groundspeak-owned website Geocaching.com, but there are a number of other tracking sites such as Geotag Tracker or Traveler Tags that log other types of trackable items.
Some travel bugs have missions to travel to a specific cache, location or a certain type of location. Other travel bugs simply have the goal of travelling as far and widely as possible. Travel bugs may on occasion have their tasks disrupted, either via theft or by landing in a Travel Bug Prison. Theft simply occurs when the person who found the bug fails to place it in another cache, and is considered quite rude. A Travel Bug Prison is typically a cache located in a remote place, or a place unusually difficult to access. Bugs placed in a Travel Bug prison may be delayed in their tasks for weeks or months at a time.
Similar to a travel bug, a geocoin is a coin printed with a tracking number, to allow its movement to be logged online.
[edit] Travel Bug Races
Some owners of travel bugs compete with each other, sending their bugs on specific missions or races.
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