Joining Geocaching.com is free. You never have to pay anything to enjoy the hobby. You can even log Premium Member caches without being a Premium Member. You didn't know that? As long as a premium member sends you the link to the log page for the premium member cache you can log it. You just cannot see it on the cache listing.
So why be a premium member? I like it because I don't have advertisements on my listing page or elsewhere and I absolutely love pocket queries.
Premium membership does allow us to get instant notifications for new caches but a lot of the time I see them on the cache listing page first. That's because cellular service is the pits where I live and I have them sent to my iPhone instead of email.
So, really it is not important to have Premium Membership to get a FTF!!
So that brings us to the Premium Member caches. Why limit who can find your cache? Some would argue that it is to keep the newbies from finding your cache and then not placing it back properly or allowing a non-cacher to see it, etc. Some like the fact that you can see who has been looking at your cache page and how many times. This can be fun!! But really, who cares? I personally don't see the point in hiding a micro in the back of wherever and then making it a premium member cache.
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