How would you handle this (Club wide holiday VIP party)
Every year at my club they have a VIP Xmas party for customers. They mail out hundreds of invites to "supposedly" VIP customers. The problem is that the invites aren't really that hard to get and that friends give them to friends and whatever.
The party is this Wednesday and consists of this:
Free cover, free alcohol (anything), free buffet. All from 8pm-10pm
Every girl on staff is required to work or else be suspended for a week (meaning there will be like 100 girls)
Now, this will be my fourth one of these parties. The first one, I made 900 dollars (which is my second best shift dancing, ever). However, I did notice a fair amount of girls complaining that no one was spending any money and I made 700 of that from ONE customer.
The next year I made 80 dollars. Same thing about girls complaining.
Last year I made 40 dollars. Same thing about girls complaining.
Now, don't get me wrong, the club is PACKED. Easily the most packed it ever gets. You literally can't walk across the club without having to shove through people. There is no sitting room anywhere by 8:00 ... guys just eat the free food, drink the free booze, and then leave.
Normally I'd just work the damn thing and "not care".. meaning not count on it being good and just take what I can get. This year though, it's been so slow, that I really need to make sure I do as well as possible that night. It would be nice if I could bank Wednesday and know that I'd be able to do all my Xmas shopping this weekend. I hate getting into Xmas week and still having 50% or more of my shopping to do. As it stands of done, NONE.
So, what would your strategy be? Any of you work a similar type of party? Suggestions?
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Dear lord, that sounds awful. enticing customers to come for free booze and food is not going to to encourage spending.
can you make sure that one of your best spending regulars gets the VIP invite? Maybe tell him you HATE These stupid holiday parties and it would really make it more bearable if he would come by. and then throwing in the free booze and food should entice him as well... then when he is good and drunk have him take you to the CR so you make lotsa $$$?
other than that, yea, that blows. I would not want to be in that situation and would work hard to weasel my way out of it. i guess a possible angle you could take is reminding the customers sicne they are drinking for free they have more money to spend on christmas presents for themselves (i.e. lapdances)? You could try to encourage their sense of reciprocity, you/your club threw this awesome party for them and as a gift provide free food and what not. and now that they have the free stuff they should be spending? Having a hustle buddy would probably be super effective here, and if htey want to come in grab booze and food for free then get out quickly, if you have a hustle buddy to help you entertain them and encourage them to stick around and get drunk, then you can get them into spending mode instead of quick flyby free booze/food/glimpse at titties mode.
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^well, all of regulars HATE that party. That's one of the problems, all of the good customers don't want to deal with the crowd and BS.
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ya penny we have a similar thing at my club, our anniversary party. i've worked it 3 yrs now. its terrible, its like 35% women even! and its so crowded there's not even somewhere to sit, its ridiculous. the regs do hate it and you would have to have a really good one to say "well come in and we'll get away from the crowd in the CR". the only thing i think you can really do is just try to stay positive that you can meet another guy like the $700 one. but idk just try to get through it somehow really, just be super aggressive maybe? good luck girl!
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Man I'm stressing about this. Today was pretty shitty, so I'm needing that shift not to suck. I -know- there will be money in the club, it's just that it'll only be probably 10% of the customers. So I need to get to that 10% before the other 99 girls.
uhg. Shitty odds.
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I think the hustle buddy idea is a good one. You'll be able to force each other to stay motivated, and two girls working together can put a lot more pressure on guys to buy than one girl by herself. You can also take over the talking for each other if one of you isn't pushing the right buttons to generate sales.
I'd also recommend staying super aggressive and hustling your ass off all night. Hit guys with a wanna dance hustle in the form of a few cute/sexy lines before the actual proposition. If you can't get dances out of them, ask for dollars. If they're really so cheap that nobody is getting dances then convince them to tip you to give them a quick cheap thrill. This is another area where having a hustle buddy comes in handy since you guys can feel each other up or whatever else you're comfortable with. If you can't get a hustle buddy then do things like rubbing your boobs in a guys face to embarrass him in front of his buddies for tips. I worked until recently in a club that drew lots of bachelor parties so there were always tons of non-spending dudes who were just there for their buddies party and even these dudes will tip you for that kind of 'harmless' entertainment.
The key is to work the room as hard as possible while it is crowded. Even if you can only get a dollar out of every customer, that can add up to a decent sum if there is a big crowd! And if you can only get a dance out of a small handful of those guys...well, it'll still add up at the end of the night. Be prepared to be really tired when it's over! You gotta give a situation like that your all to succeed.
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Those are good ideas, really. Uhg.. there's only a couple girls I really like working with. I'm typically a soloist. I might have to change that for this though because I can see the advantage of having someone else with me. Now I'm trying to think of some good quick hustle speeches. Not "wanna dance" but, some spiel that takes less than 3 minutes. I'm used to chatting for 5-10... so that's not easy for me. In fact, my whole general hustle is based on low pressure and trying to give the customer the illusion that I'm not hustling him at all. So, really aggressive sales are foreign to me.
ack! I can't believe it's tomorrow!
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Yeah if I recall you work dayshifts? It is a very different hustle.
My favorite tactic and the one I used like 90% of the time at my old club was to approach a customer and start the usual small talk. After maybe a minute or two of exchanging names/etc, ask he how he is doing. Then regardless of what he says, give your sexiest smile, lean in close to him, and say "You'll be doing a lot better when I'm naked on top of you". Or if he's someone who likes to ask you questions, change it to "I'm good but I'll doing way better when I'm naked on top of you". It's direct and to the point without being tacky.
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That sounds terrifying. I mean, it's good... I'm just really bad at forward comments like that. I always feel ridiculous. I'm better at sarcasm.
I am so very not a hustler.
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You know. I think I'm gonna just "wanna dance" it the entire time (with a good line). I'm worried though because a lot of guys are there with groups or in "couples" (the invite includes a guest). I'm used to approaching 1 guy. I tend to avoid groups most of the time. I guess that's where having a "buddy" would come in handy. ...hmm
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I would 'wanna dance' but in a less obvious way.. I kinda suck at this but when it's crowded and the customers are average that's what you have to do.
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Penny-- I am going to have to deal with the same thing on Friday (although on a smaller scale-- max is like 25 girls) but I just wanted to say that since you're probably at work by now that you're doing well and hustling your booty off! You CAN do it!
I think my tactic is just going to be to skim down my normal hustle to make it shorter before getting to the wanna dance question. That way it won't feel *too* far off what I normally do. Hope it works!
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Let us know how it went for you! And good luck! (Kinda late I know lol)
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It was so crowded you literally couldn't walk without stepping on people. There were a shit ton of girls. I wound up making 300. Which, honestly, considering how it went the last two years is fine with me. Most girls were saying they made less than 100 and that they couldnt find room to dance/couldnt talk because of the noise/etc.
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sounds like you made the best of a shitty situation! considering you are a dayshift girl used to the slow hustle and were competing against so many girls, many who are more accustomed to busy nightshift hustle, and dealing with cheap customers coming in to get free food, i would be pleased! those are difficult circumstances to do well under... 300 doesnt sound bad in those conditions.
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We have a similar party every year where I am and I just sit in the back and let the bulk clear out then try the guys that stick around. Or if I see someone that looks like there all alone I ask if they want company and try to separate them from the crowd by telling them its quieter in the back. I make them feel like I'm there personal concierge for the night...for a price of course. I approach it lilke I'm rescuing them from this chaos.
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Congrats penny! $300 is damn good for a night like this.
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I just wanted to thank you Penny for originally posting this because it made me think about my own holiday party situation and have a game plan ready for the night! (which was a success btw!) :)