This is my first post here. I've recently moved to the Boston in the US and would like to indulge a pastime that I picked up while on a backpacking holiday in Australia, visiting strip clubs (I am from the UK originally but didnt visit strip clubs much there). Im hoping this site will assist me in getting a better understanding of how strip clubs work in the US.
One of the girls in Sydney told me that the whole strip club scene in the US is different to what it is in Australia and England. In Sydney it is all strictly striptease, no touching or lapdancing at all. In Melbourne they do lapdancing with only the dancer able to initiate contact. Im not sure about other places as I didnt get the chance to visit strip clubs much in Brisbane or Adelaide. As for the UK I went to a few strip clubs in London once and they are quite similar to Australia. Lapdances are very uncommon as the dancers are more likely to dance for you at your table than on your lap.
I have no problem with any of this, in fact I enjoy the striptease aspect of strip clubs, watching beautiful women take their clothes off. Whether they touch me or not is not really a big deal to me. If I had to choose between nudity and contact Id probably go for nudity, though nudity and contact would be nice! Im not a groper though, more than happy to sit on my hands like they make you do in Melbourne.
But I heard that in the US its all different, theres all this stuff about different levels of contact and it seems as though theres hardly any stage shows, theyre all lap dances and high contact at that. Its a bit intimidating reading through some of the threads here as I'm not sure how to behave or what to expect when I drop in to one. I have the following questions I was hopeing someone could answer for me:
- what is the whole deal with lapdances and contact and such. I assume an airdance is a dance where there is no contact?
- how much is the average price for a lapdance and how much should I tip as a % of this? how long does the show last?
- do i have to specify lapdance or private show?
- are stage shows full nudity or do you have to pay for full nudity
- am I allowed to stand around and just watch stage shows for a while so that I understand how it all works or will i offend someone doing this
- what is a champagne room and how does it work
- am I likely to get ripped off if I walk into a club without knowing the protocols, prices, etc and just ask one of the dancers or bar staff
- any good classy (as in not seedy) clubs in or near boston that anyone recommends?
I realise Im the customer but I dont like offending dancers in a club I may end up wanting to spend time in simply because I didnt know the protocols. In Sydney (where I first started going) it was fairly easy to sit in some obscure corner (not up to where the podiums were) and work out how the system worked before deciding what I wanted to do. I normally spend up to $800-$1000 per night when I visit (with no lapdances) but I don't like spending money if I don't understand how it all works, that's just annoying. So I hope someone could respond with some answers as Id hate to walk into a strip club and end up either spending nothing because I just want to check the place out first and pissing every dancer there off as a consequence or ending up getting a couple of lapdances and ending up spending a fortune without planning to. Spending a fortune when you know how it works is a different story though!
Any assistance would be appreciated...I'm hoping to visit one of these clubs in a couple of weeks when Im a bit more settled and would love some feedback by then...
Cheers, Neville



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Honestly, though, I don't think it very likely. Don't get completely sloshed and get the facts about the club straight [for example, if dancer tells you the dances are X price, confirm with the bouncer] if you think something is fishy. 
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