$25 Lappers

The Men's Club around here went to $40 lappers. It wasn't that great before.

^ That’s crazy – especially in this economy.

But if they are doing it I imagine it’s b/c there may be enough custies willing to pay that?

I don’t think I would ever pay $40 for a dance – not only b/c of the $40 – but if the dance totally sucks; e.g. air dance , etc; then you are out 40 smacks and did not even enjoy yourself.

Now I hate $25 lappers, too.

I refuse to do any dances higher that $20, unless of course it is more than just a lap dance. I usually only carry $10's & $20's for dances. Fortunately my favorite club only charges $10.

Taco! If you gotta bitch about $5 .Go to the YMCA.

This isn't new papi. Been happening for some time.

The $25 lapper is standard for the clubs I usually go to. But at least it's not $40! That's like paying $400 for a blow job!

The use of non-even amounts for such things has always struck me as deliberate, for precisely the reason you alluded to, so you'll have change to tip.

Many local clubs sell dances for $22 per song. Not only does that extra $2 go directly into the manager's pocket at at least two of the clubs, but it leaves enough change to tip the bartender (who collects lap dance fees) and the dancer and, if you pay with a big enough bill, you get a bunch of ones back why her you want them or not, so you'll have something to stage tip with.

It's not that bad Papi. Here, in Richmond, the dances START at $50 bucks. You do get two songs, but you can't buy just one song. It's two or more.

Very discouraging for the customer.

For some reason I get the feeling any dancer that may weigh in on this thread would be pro $25, $40, & $50, dances :)

Guess I'm just spoiled by Atlanta's $10 lap dances. No lap dance is worth $25 to me.......

I would love to be in a city with 10 dollar lap dances. Here in Portland the standard rate is 20 bucks. I hear in Phoenix the girls are pretty hot and a lot of the Phoenix clubs have 10 buck lapdances, sounds like a good combination to me.

Dance prices where I club range from $10 to $50 depending on the neighborhoods that the clubs are in.

I have not seen a $10 lapper in a decade except on a special.

I concur with Papi, Shadow, and GMD. All very good points. Here, in the Puget Sound Region, Club Sin Rock in Renton went to $25. lap dances within the past year. But their admission/drink charge is very low. I'd think they'd just up the admission charge. Perhaps their strategy was to get customers in the door first, then worry about their poor pricing structure later. The club is as strict as the Deja Vu clubs in the region. (Lots of cameras.) They really can't afford to reduce their business potential any further than it is now. A bad business decision in my opinion.

In Central IL the norm is $30 a song but one of my fave clubs has a 15 minute VIP for $75, a much better deal. I usually do that with new girls or $150/30 min with faves. Another club has frequent 2/1 special but the dancers don't allow ANY touching during those. Not arms, legs, or anywhere.

It's pretty much the standard that it's $25 where I go. But at the one club, the dancer is usually worth buying 2 from, so it ends up actually being $50, so that doesn't end up being a problem there, plus they always have the courtesy to ask if you want your change back. OTOH, at one of my other clubs, they expect a tip at the other club which is really annoying. The other club I visit regularly sells $35 and $50 lapdances, which is exorbitant, but I suppose that happens when you're the only nude strip club in the area. But that place has more emphasis on stage tipping then anything.

When I first started clubbing seriously in the late 80's, my fave club was $15. Everyone loved that. I usually tipped the extra $5 so I got good dances for the day and the girls were happy.

$25 lappers means one less dance out of your $100. A dollar goes a LOOONG WAY. Wouldn't even buy a drink from there if I heard that.

Okay, guys, you need to put your foot down. If ANYONE is regularly paying more than $20 for a lap dance they stop going to that club and let the owners know why you stopped going. It's only that high because guys who don't know better are willing to pay it.

My standard lap dance with VERY high mileage in the LA area is $10. And that's with a girl grabbing your junk and trying to stroke you off and often reaching inside your shorts. There are a couple of clubs like that. A few more have $15 laps and even higher mileage, which I dislike for some of the same reasons Papi cited, like never having change and the extra $5 is always assumed as a tip.

I generally consider clubs with $20 laps as "No Go" clubs, since there are so many better alternatives.

Guys, I can maybe see $20 laps as being reasonable, even though I think it's too much. But if you're paying $25 or $30 or $40 or even $50 for laps you're being taken to the cleaners. It's insane.

I think most non-black clubs in my area of south Florida are $25/LD. It seems to me that in certain areas $25 LDs are becoming the norm and the $20 lappers the exception?

Y'know, now that I think about it, I want to re-state my case...

I think the guys who are paying a lot of money for laps are doing the dancers a service, and we should respect that. Guys like me who frequent clubs where laps are cheap are missing an opportunity to support our local strippers, and really we should re-consider our ways.

I think we should all give a sold HIGH FIVE to those guys who pay $30 and more for laps. You're showing the dancers respect as women, and in turn you are respecting YOURSELVES !!!

Good for you guys !!!!! You're AWESOME !!!!

And you know what? Next time I go to a $10 lap dance club, I'm gonna give each dancer and extra $20 for each lap dance !!!! Awesome !!!!

And honestly...Papi...

Maybe you should reconsider your anger at high priced laps. As you said, "nobody likes an angry dick"

So maybe take a softer approach, and accept others' differences, and respect those who choose to spend their money as they see fit.

“…And honestly...Papi... “

My post was not directed at you – I stated that is what a dancer told me and reading your thread reminded me of my particular situation.

And just for clarification – when the dancer said “nobody likes an angry dick” – I don’t think she was saying an angry guy who is a dick – I think she was saying more along the lines of women liking preferring good dick vs. angry dick.

I choose to express myself a certain way and thus I respect the right of others to express themselves as they wish.

I'd be pissed at the $25 LD for the same reasons you mentioned Papi. Most places I've been to a LD is 20. Only time I've been charged more than that was in CR where apparently dances were an extra $30 a song....................................paid a lot for the CR at a more upscale club and I get told this once were in the room. I just left but lesson learned.

Try $30 lappers and share your thoughts

At my fave club the single dances are $31/$41/$51. Talk about bizarre pricing.

Well, assuming equal mileage 20 is better than 25 is better than 30.

However, isn't a $25 high mileage LD better than a $20 low to no mileage LD?

I only buy dances at an average price ranging from 15 per dance down to 10 to 12.50 a dance. One club offers a two for one at $25. A number of dancers ask for 20 per dance so I am just spending a whole lot less than I used to just saying no almost all the time. I believe there were only two dancers in the last few years who I was willing to pay 20 per dance. It's rare I agree to pay that much. If everyone was like me, no dancers would successfully work in the area and get paid that much per. They would probably be happier making more money at less expensive per dance prices because I might buy multiple dances at lower prices. It sounds like from the reviews, the guys at the Columbia Platinum Plus club have been willing to pay higher dance prices so I haven't bothered to visit in several months. I didn't get any massive pay increase.

Northeast Ohio.

I don't recall ever paying more than $10 per dance around here.

Club I was at tonight lapdances started at $30 or you could do 4/$100 making them $25 apiece. I almost never get lapdances, but I'm used to getting gouged taking girls into VIP rooms.

Cbus prices are horrible. I haven't been to a club in awhile but the prices were averaging about $30 per dance for low mileage. Probably why I don't go anymore.

Providence minimum prices posted in all the clubs I have checked out is posted as $25 topless and $35 nude/song. Some dancers want more and will quote prices up front. I will say that the songs are full length. Some clubs with lower prices shorten the songs.

Dalex: I have clubbed in Toledo and do not remember ever paying $10/ dance unless it was a 2 for or 3 for special. Three or four years ago Platinum Showgirls was $20 per (posted).

Papi you live in South Florida I fear that you and myself are doomed to 25 dollar lappers. I am very selective on my dancers now I know who to spend that on. Im more of a camper andbtend to frequent the same clubs. I know you like variety though so at $25 a lap thats risky. Maybe try getting change from the bank and ask for a bunch of 5's.

Pulse of Peoria has a couple of promotions for the month of May: 1. $2 entry fee and $2 domestic beers, and 2. No daily house fee for dancers. It's having an effect. 2 weeks ago I was there. There were 2 dancers and 3 customers. And last night about 20 dancers and 15 customers. I hope the club learns something from this. After all, empty chairs don't buy drinks or dances. The manager stopped at my table last night, proudly proclaiming she had 7 new girls dancing. I was actually waiting for my fave, but it shows they're trying. Now if they'd just fix that $30 LD price....

I love working in Richmond haha.

Yep, P_C SoFla for the non-"urban" clubs seems to have mostly standardized at $25 (Dean's Gold last I checked was the last even $20 holdout among the "upscale").

At least it's consistent and not as in Tampa's Mons V, where the sign says "Lap Dances negotiable, $20-30" but some of the talent has adopted an opening gambt of telling you "Oh I usually charge at least $35 or 40, but for you..." Or NOLA and Vegas where you know the "regular" $20 will get you only air and a real LD's gonna be 40.

In Manhattan meanwhile the $20 is still the standard, but contact's very limited and the cover and drink prices will knock you halfway back across the bridge.

what you all have to look out for is if more localities come up with the idea of the "Pole Tax" -- I'd expect just about every place to kick up an additional $5 to the baseline LD and proportionally ratchet up everything else..

Ha I got all you motherfuckers beat. Price for a lap dance in my neck of the woods? $0

I live in the heart of Pathetic Loserville, Washington DC where you can't buy a fucking lap dance period!

I do so appreciate the clubs that y'all frequent when I travel on business cause I get to taste a little bit of paradise and hopefully that taste won't set me back more than $20 a bite.

@mojodojo - why don't you check out Fuego in MD? It isn't too far from DC.

^^Color me curious 8-D

Unfortunately $25 LDs have become the norm in a lot of places. I have also been in places that charge $30 and even a couple that priced them at $40. The worst part of this is that I always seem to see the higher prices in the more restrictive areas, so paying more does not translate into better service.

$5 or $10 I will pay no more

Who remembers the $5 laps at Teasers and Inner Room in Cocoa Beach, FL? Back in the 1990's. Other cities were up to $20 per dance even then.

STEVE -- I recall $4 dollar laps at the IR in the early 80's and $6 in the 90's, as well as $5. Dances in Providence were $20 in the 90'swent to 30 in the early 2000's and are now at 25. The 25 dances at one club are pretty good as they are in a small cubicle with a real door lol, but they're really 25 as a way of making the $135 15 minute CR seem less expensive i.e 5 topless lap dances in a small cubicle for $125 or 15Minutes, totally nude, for $135 in a small room with a couch, table and lamp, with a door lol.