I'm noticing lately that it seems like I can't make more than $6-700 at my club. Last night I was in Champagne Rooms literally all night, from when I got there until about twenty minutes before closing when I came out of the last room and kicked back in the dressing room. Eight hours. Other than that, I was never out of the rooms for more than fifteen minutes except for the one time I went on stage.
I made good money, but I felt like I should have more at the end of the night.
I'm attributing this to a few things:
1. In this area, the club gets a big cut of our champagne rooms, so that my cut is only $70 for half an hour or $110 for an hour. About half of the girls in my club demand a $70 tip for the room, which obviously increases (doubles?) their money. I just feel like a tip is a tip, and shouldn't be demanded.
2. A half hour room takes an hour? I kept track last night, and by the time I talked to a guy for 5-10 minutes, then we waited 5-10 minutes for the champagne host (who takes the money), then it takes 3-5 minutes for his speil ("a half hour? you know for a little more you can double your time with the lady?" and just general chat - he bonds with the customers a bit so that they come to him when they want rooms and he hooks them up with me), and then 5 minutes or so for him to get our drinks and start our time, and then 35-40 minutes for a 30 minute room (extra time because the guys are regulars, or it's happy hour, or the champagne host is busy), that's sometimes more than an hour.
3. Back to the tip thing. People don't really tip at my club? One guy last night made this big huge deal like he was handing me a hundred bucks and then when I looked at it it was a ten. Some guys do tip well, but not the majority. My regulars especially seem to be in the habit of not tipping or tipping a few dollars.
So how do I increase my income? I really like my club, plus have limited club options, so changing clubs is not an option (plus I work like one day a week, and my club is very accomodating). I'm not going to demand tips. Some of the girls at my club wait until they get in the room, and then ask for a tip before they start the room. I definitely won't do that. I was thinking of telling the customers before the room that it's the regular prices "plus x dollars to me," but somehow I don't see that working really well.
Multiple hour champagne rooms don't seem to help much either, tho if I sell them as multiple half hour rooms that works (2 hours = $220, 4 half hours = $280).
What do you guys think?
Lena



), and then 5 minutes or so for him to get our drinks and start our time, and then 35-40 minutes for a 30 minute room (extra time because the guys are regulars, or it's happy hour, or the champagne host is busy), that's sometimes more than an hour.
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