Hi,

I posted this on the Yahoo Event Stamp board too.

I've created a hitchhiker hostel for our upcoming gathering. (The hostel is called Camp Granada Hitchhiker Hostel, the event is the No Foolin' Letterboxing Gathering on April 1st in San Jose, CA.)

Now, I've spent sufficient time in designing this little guy, and I know he'd never survive the wild. So, I was going to have it active only for the gathering.

Then I thought, why not let this hostel travel much like an event stamp? As long as the hitchhikers were replanted reasonably quickly, this would be a very efficient means to move hitchhikers en masse.

Has anyone tried this? Is this a profoundly BAD idea?

If this is not the dumbest idea on the planet, would anyone be interested in this traveling hostel? If so, how would I go about advertising.

So many questions this morning!

Thanks,
Renee
3CATFAM

I love the idea :)

-WINK

If it's not too bulky to send I think it's a great idea!!Especially if there is more than 1 hostel at an event;could mass swap the hotels...would be more exposure for the HHs. If you decide to try this we would like it for our 10/6 event in Ohio.Let us know......

I'll sign the box up for that date. Contact me offline with a mailing address so I can ship. Also, please remind me as the date approaches. I should ship about mid-Sept.

Thanks,
Renee
3CATFAM

I also love the idea!!! What a great way to move HH around the country more easily...

Mama Phoenix

THANK YOU for the comments from everyone (both on this message board and directly via AQ mail).

This traveling hitchhiker hostel is now registered under Event Stamps and can be recruited for your next gathering. Just email me offline and I'll add it to the calendar.

Again, the name is Camp Granada Traveling Hitchhiker Hostel.

I think the box for the hostel will turn out pretty funny--I'm using the original game from the 1960's as the template. Again, I'll make sure it has at least one hitchhiker before it ships out.

This was a bit of a spur of the moment decision today to turn this traditional hostel into a traveling beast. I think it's going to work out to be alot of fun for folks, and as Mama Pheonix points out, it should be a good way to get our HH moving cross-country!

Cheers,
Renee
3CATFAM

I heard about your traveling event hostels from someone on this board! Good to know this idea works.

Thanks,
Renee