Cheap dances
I was thinking about this thread last night and it occured to me that everything people have said in reply has been secondary to what would really bring guys in. Cheaper dances. Plain and simple.
Honestly, if you rolled back the clock to $5 table dances and $10 lap dances (ahh, remember those days?) guys would drive for miles to come to your joint.
Sure, the girls would protest at first, but then ask them how they feel about it when they`re working steady for their whole shift instead of sitting on their ass waiting for Mr. Moneybags to walk in the door.
Don`t cash grab by charging a cover for the door or the lounge when I`m paying through the teeth for drinks. And whatever you do, don`t put some guy in the bathroom to hand me a paper towel and expect a tip. (See my
thread on Solid Gold regarding this)
Too many clubs try to project the image of an upscale gentlemen`s club by raising their prices and putting snobby bouncers in tuxedos at the door. There seems to be this assumption that guys who go to strip clubs like to throw money away so they don`t mind paying $7 for a beer, $5 cover at the door, a $10 (or $20) cover to get into the VIP lounge and then $20 a song for a dance (and you can be damn sure that songs been cut short by the DJ). Maybe there are some guys out there who like to blow that kind of money but there`s lots of money to be made off the regular working joe.
Honestly, I`m not going to SCs any more. I go to MPs. 30 mins for $120 gets me NR or even a BS in some places. At a strip club, 30 mins would cost you almost $200... and for what?
Sure, strip clubs can offer entertainment value that is different than an MP but unless I feel like I`m getting my money`s worth, I`m not going back.
Forgot to mention: I don`t mind paying a cover if I`m getting a show and the drink prices are not outrageous. But if I`ve paid a cover, don`t pressure me to keep buying more drinks. I like to sip my beer and relax.