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    Arrow Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    VEGAS dancers! please help!


    Ok I am dancing in dallas, currently making above the $600-$1000 a night range. No extras, clean dances. And just weekends.

    My boyfriend and I have been thinking about moving to Los Angeles to pursue our dreams, acting and directing.

    He's a dancer, I am a dancer. He makes approximately the same amount as me. Just weekends too.

    I heard LA is horrible for dancing so my question is this.. is Vegas dancing income potential good enough for us to be able to live in LA and BOTH of us dance in Vegas on weekends alone? (working multiple shifts in a row is no problem for us)

    Cost of flights to Vegas are $500 each person roundtrip. Would we be able to rise above that $1000 mark significantly with both of our earnings to be able to live on? We split everything so all income we make contributes to all of our expenses together.

    I just don't know how good, bad, or mediocre the potential income is for Vegas.


    If it helps our looks are very GLAMpunk. (both platinum blondes with punkchunk hair of black and pink etcetcetc)
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    Default Re: Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    I'm heading out to Vegas this week, actually.
    Check out Virgin Airlines. They fly to Vegas from SF for 44 each way during the week, and 120-140 each way during the weekends. From LA, I would imagine it'd be even cheaper..

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    Default Re: Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    Also, is a car out of the question? The drive from LA (or at least West LA, where I lived) to Vegas is only 4 to 5 hours...so splitting gas likely means a less expensive trip out there than for both of you to fly.

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    Default Re: Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    I checked out Virgin Airlines, they seem really awesome, and CHEAP!. But they don't offer LA to Vegas, but thats still cool because I can use it for other flights.

    And I didn't realize how near Vegas is to LA so the car advice helped! Thanks a whole lot.

    Does anyone know how the market is seasonally in Vegas?

    Of course summers are known to be bad everywhere but is there anytime when its particularly good in Vegas? Winter?

    Or if anyone can contribute anything on the New York market, that would help too.

    If anyone cares to know about Dallas, we're are slowly entering a really great season that lasts (at least for me) up until around May.

    Thanks so much.

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    Default Re: Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    Do a search for 'Vegas' there are billions and billions of threads on it and driving would be your best bet.

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    Don't even think about paying 500 a piece for airline tickets to Vegas! Fly on Southwest (southwest.com). LAX to Vegas flights start at $59 each way, and are never more than $129 each way ....depending on when you buy them. Factor in the cost of gas, it's even comparable to driving.
    I have a few friends in LA who fly out on the weekends to dance, it's worked out pretty well for them. They affectionately call Southwest the "stripper shuttle"

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    ^^^ Even better to fly out of Burbank.... its a much better airport unless youre going cross country. LAX is a mess... esp for short flights.

    If you book far enough in advance you can get ROUNDTRIP flights from Burbank to Vegas for $120 But if its not in advance $200-250.

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    Default Re: Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    My advice is don't move to LA.

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    Default Re: Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    Sounds to me you're better off just going back to Dallas on the weekends. You're making good, clean, steady money there.

    Vegas can be great money or it can be awful, but the fact is that there you're competing with a lot more girls and contact is, for the most part, heavier and fees much higher.
    "She has written so well, and marvellously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer...But this girl, who is to my knowledge very unpleasant and we might even say a high-grade bitch, can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves as writers"

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    My advice, speaking from experience. NEVER move anywhere sight unseen. LA and Vegas heydays are over, LA's about 4 decades ago. Vegas for dancing and making steady money 8-10 years ago.

    I am not saying don't go and check the places out, but don't give up your home in Dallas to do so. Drive you car with a months worth of clothing and essentials, find an extended stay motel in LA with weekly rates, and see if it can work out for you.

    Vegas is only about 250 miles from LA via I-15, an easy 4 hour drive. Most people drive it. You can get an extended stay place there too and see if dancing in LV is for you.

    Both are highly competitive places and if they don't work out you will find yourself in trouble. If you keep your Texas home and just go temporarily to see if it's for you, if things work out, you can go back home and pack your bags. If not, you can go back home and resume your prior life.

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    What Tina said. ^^^

    If you are making a consistent $600 - 1000 a night, STAY PUT. That's really good. You can kiss that goodbye in LA and possibly Vegas too. And it is SOOOOO EXPENSIVE living here. You'll need another job if you're gonna stay here, trust me.

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    Default Re: Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    Where in Dallas can you make $600-$1000 a night. I must be at the wrong club because lately our VIP room has been empty our top earners rarely get tipped on stage and only a few girls are making a little over $500.

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    Default Re: Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    People! She's saying she wants to move to pursue her dream, not to make better money than in Dallas!

    I say forget flying to Las vegas and fly to Dallas instead!

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    Default Re: Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    And you know, don't discount dancing in LA entirely -- as much as people here say it sucks there are dancers making money there, so it might just be worth checking out for you.

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    Default Re: Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    Yeah while I might dance in LA, the main reason I'm headed to LA is to model, act and direct psychological thrillers (hopefully).

    And my boyfriend wants to be in a more serious band.

    Thanks a lot for all the advice! I'm excited on making the move and will probably fly back to dallas to dance. Maybe Vegas a bit.

    Thanks a ton girls! :]

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    Default Re: Living in LA dancing weekends in Las Vegas??

    Yeah, you're young and I presume without kids, so go for it! You can do whatever you want.

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