40 is the new 20
RTP
Charlotte, NC
All of Muddy's reviews from the Mountain West got me thinking, dance prices made a step change during Covid and are not going back down. The clubs I frequent the most do have a $20 option, but it is an air dance. The VIP which is really the regular dance now is $35. That seems standard in Charlotte. From reading reviews, $30 - $60 per dance seems to be much more common than the $10 and $20 dances we used to get. Even Tijuana seems to be going up rapidly in price.
One big exception is Atlanta. How you guys have kept the prices down is amazing? However, if you think back, dance prices were $10 or $20 for a very long time. The clubs, dancers, managers, etc saw a chance for a raise and they got one.
I for one do not like it, but I have accepted it. The cost is more, and if I don't like it, I need to find another hobby.
One big exception is Atlanta. How you guys have kept the prices down is amazing? However, if you think back, dance prices were $10 or $20 for a very long time. The clubs, dancers, managers, etc saw a chance for a raise and they got one.
I for one do not like it, but I have accepted it. The cost is more, and if I don't like it, I need to find another hobby.
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At one club I frequented, dances were $30, but VIP was $200 for 30 minutes. That seemed fine to me, $30 - 40 to audition for VIP.
The "black" clubs in Atlanta are the same. They charge what the market will bear and get a steady, yet less lucrative business. Seeing everything thorugh the lense of race seems to be racism itself.
I think I spend slightly more per trip, but my visit frequency is way down. I track monthly expense and it’s like 30-40% reduced. Girls’ attitudes suck lately, hard to find new CFs that I visit regularly. And prior CFs fade away in that natural progression we all know. So now I have $ for other things LOL.
I believe the clubs own by RCI have a blueprint, and probably take a good % off the dances.
Having said that, though, some of the rise is because there are fewer guys buying lap dances so the girls feel like they need to make up for that by charging more for each dance. This may not work in the long run because guys will start visiting strip clubs less often and find a cheaper hobby.
We're still feeling the effect of inflation and prices won't normalize until the market settles. Despite news reports to the contrary we are in a high inflationary period (though maybe in the tail end). That being said, $40 might very well be the new normal. If girls/clubs insist on pricing that way, then there will eventually be less clubs to go to. The clubs with discounts that I go to most and the ones I recently saw in Southern Cali all know their busiest days are the discount days. Hopefully, this will be a signal to clubs to reign in the prices.
EVERYTHING is more expensive.
Five years ago, expectations for what we do in a dance were not the same as now.
Please, don’t complain about this. We have to endure so much to do this job. Every service provider in the world is charging more than 2019.
Our wallets and spare income is what the dancers are after. So don't settle for egregious rates if it's out of your range; just understand that you'll likely be labeled as cheap within the community of dancers local to the club. If your area is prone to segrating against your ethnicity you'll probably have club management team up with the dancers to run a scam on you. As always have the self control to walk away from the club before you get scammed.