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?
That's a tough one. There'd have to be some strippers on this site, that have done this, that would tell you. I'm sure the clubs in the Phoenix area have been busier this week. But do those 'traveling' strippers make enough to make it worth it to offset the extra expenses??? My guess is they would. But, that's only a guess.
If you go to Key West during the winter, that's pretty much all you see in the tourist places. Lots of dancers from up north enjoying the warm weather. I've met girls from all over the country and only one was native to Florida, and she was from Jacksonville. Some of them stay.
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.
FONDL: I also know of a dancer that travels to Guam. She is gone for long periods of time but shows up at my favorite club once or twice a year. I would not rate her higher than a 5 in appearance but her personality and lap dances raise her marks. Guamese women are among the ugliest in Asia. Guam is a popular resort for Japanese. Judging from what she tells me she is making, I know that she is doing a lot more than dancing and I believe that she is getting it off of Japanese business men. There are 2 military bases there. Anderson AFB and Aguna NAS. I doubt that the GI's would spend big bucks on her.
Some traveling strippers get their room and travel expenses paid for...so it depends. Ah, FOX "News"...providing another important public service..."the strippers are in town people..." Go Pats...
I know that some dancers do work a circuit, like migrant farm labor. But I sometimes wonder if some dancers lie about doing that to make themselves seem more desirable. I once had a dancer in a nasty, hole-in-the-wall club in ESL tell me that she would travel to Dallas to work at Baby Dolls, and to Houston to work at Treasures. There was just such a disconnect between where I saw her, and the other clubs that she claimed to work at,that I had to doubt her story.
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.
I mistakenly took a lapper with one girl who said she usually dances in Houston and gives "Houston style" (or was it Tampa?) dances. She didn't. She was minimal contact. Funny, because I had informed her I'd been to the city in question. I guess she didn't mind that her story was utterly unbelievable AFTER the dance ...
Then there are those who have to dance in Vegas. One of my favorites goes there two different times a year for two weeks. I don't think she would do that if she wasn't making anything.
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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.