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    I was just wondering how far ladies will drive to a club? 1hr? 2hrs?

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    ^^^ are you referring to the distance I'm willing to 'commute' i.e. from home to a particular club and back home again ? Or are you referring to the distance I'm willing to drive as part of a 'road trip' ?

    In regard to 'commuting', these days one has to analyze the costs of gasoline plus car wear and tear as these are far from insignificant. The IRS allows a deduction of 44.5 cents per mile driven ... probably meaning that the actual cost is 50 cents per mile or more. Thus from an economic standpoint I always compare the 'extra' earnings potential available at a more distant club with the higher 'commuting' cost. Driving to a club an extra 100 miles away will cost you an extra $100 every time you make the trip. Thus that club would have to provide an extra $150 in nightly earnings potential (probably equaling $100 after taxes) in order to cover the nightly 'commuting' cost. The true magnitude of 'commuting' expense is easy to overlook too since only about 2/3rds of it is direct in the form of filling the gas tank or paying tolls or making monthly car payments and insurance payments. The other 1/3 sneaks up on you i.e. suddenly needing to replace tires / brakes / transmission, trading in the car and getting a very low value due to the high vehicle mileage etc.

    The extra 'drive time' is also a big factor. In my own case, since I'm no longer a 'spring chicken' it's an absolute certainty that spending an extra 90 minutes driving to a club, and another extra 90 minutes driving home afterward, affects my energy level thus my ability to perform at peak earnings potential when I'm working the club. Thus even if that more distant club did offer an extra $150 a night in higher earnings potential, the extra drive time would subtract from my ability to actually take advantage of that higher earnings potential after a while.

    Combining these two factors, given the fact that in the area where I live there were two cities within 45 minutes drive time with fair earnings potential, and given the additional fact that other cities with clubs that provided earnings potential that was significantly higher than the two nearby city clubs were at least a 2 hour drive, I drew the line on 'commuting' at 45 minutes.

    However, I often took 'road trips' for long weekends or even several consecutive weeks to much more distant clubs that offered MAJOR improvement in earnings potential ... where the extra earnings could truly offset the cost of driving plus motel room (and where the travel and accomodation expenses became tax deductible because of the overnight stays)

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    Last edited by Melonie; 05-26-2007 at 11:12 PM.

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