Traveling Strippers
motorhead
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With the Super Bowl in Phoenix this week, it made me think how many strippers went to Arizona in hopes of earning some quick cash. I was in Tampa a couple of weeks before the 2001 Super Bowl and the regular dancers talked about the influx of traveling dancers. Out-of-towners come to work in Indianapolis during the month of May before the 500. I know of girls from my regular club that arrange their winter "vacation" around Mardi Gras.
Do they really make money? It seems that after travel expenses (airline fare, hotel) and loss of income from regulars, they would be doing good just to break even. Do they really expect to hit it big, or is it just an excuse to get away?
Do they really make money? It seems that after travel expenses (airline fare, hotel) and loss of income from regulars, they would be doing good just to break even. Do they really expect to hit it big, or is it just an excuse to get away?
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There are also girls who work for booking agents and travel from club to club. I used to know a girl who had done that. I also knew a girl who made trips to Japan regularly and claimed that it was very lucrative, because Japanese men really love the American dancers.
In terms of making enough money to justify it, I wouldn't think that would be a problem. If a dancer is traveling for a specific event, she can buy a cheap plane ticket on Southwest in advance. And there are certainly enough cheap motels, a la Red Roof Inn, Motel 6, etc., near most strip clubs that cheap lodging shouldn't be a problem--although the event that draws the customers might draw so many other people that getting cheap digs becomes a problem.
Over the years, I have represented various hotel franchisees who have told me about girls who come to the St. Louis area each weekend to dance, and have "standing reservations" each weekend. For some reason, a lot of girls seem to come from Milwaukee to dance in St. Louis...or so I've been told.