# travel bug

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A tag stamped with a number, placed in a geocache (often attached to another item, called a hitchhiker) so that subsequent finders can take it to other caches and track its movement around the world.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see travel, bug.

## Etymology
Genericized trademark from Travel Bug.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/travel-bug