Become a stripper: is it worth traveling?
Every stripper in town will tell you that summers are really slow. Inevitably, backstage conversations then turn to traveling to another city for work. Surely you have heard or participated in some of these conversations:
Barbie: This club sucks. I’m going to Vegas. I heard that Suzie went to Vegas and she made a thousand dollars every night that she worked.
Brandi: Yeah, I talked to Suzy too, but I heard she only won one big night and the other two nights she barely made back the house rate. Vegas is so overrated. But I heard Dallas was the new hot spot, lots of guys with oil money!
Sapphire: I’ll go to Vegas for fun and work a couple of nights, as long as what I make pays for the trip.
Barbie: I have two children, if I go ANYWHERE, I HAVE to make more money than here after paying for the hotel and the plane ticket.
Brandi: I also read online that Alaska has tons of guys and no hot girls, maybe we should go there!
Sapphire: Are there other things to do in Alaska besides work?
Brandi: I heard about this booking company that will pay for your hotel and airfare, but they send you to places in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth the expense of traveling!
Three strippers, three different points of view. Whether or not it is worth the cost of traveling is entirely up to YOU. Traveling has pros and cons, make sure you weigh them up before you pack your bags.
If you’re interested in earnings like Barbie, keep in mind that traveling may not be the best solution. Even though Las Vegas has the allure of hitting the strip club jackpot, the clubs are saturated with girls. The overall costs of traveling also add up to more than hotel and airfare; you also need to have money for taxi fare or car rental, and also for food/drinks. Las Vegas has the lowest overall travel costs from Phoenix. If you book your trip 14 days in advance, you can fly roundtrip for $120, rent a car for $20 a day ($170 a week with taxes and insurance), stay at a big casino hotel like the Stratosphere for $40 a night ($250 per week).
If you’re frugal and go to the grocery store instead of the 24-hour casino restaurant, you can stick to a food/beverage budget of $20 per day ($140). I don’t want to do math, just trust me… I was an Algebra teacher before I decided to become a SuperStripper. If you’ve been doing the math with me, the total cost of this one-week trip is $680. Other cities, like Dallas, are much more expensive.
Airfare to Dallas is $250, a standard hotel room in a safe area will cost $80 a night ($560 a week), and rental cars are more than $250 a week for economy. So assuming you stick to a food/beverage budget of $20/day; her one-week trip to Dallas would cost her $1,200. By comparison, a basic hotel room in Manhattan costs $150 a night, and a round-trip cab fare is at least $25 a night. Once you factor in airfare and food, a week in the Big Apple can set you back at least $1500 (and I dare you to spend just $20 a day on food and drink in Manhattan!)
If you’re a fact seeker like Brandy, you’ve probably already scoured the internet for the best information. Free online forums have a treasure trove of knowledge on most clubs in the country. There are also booking agencies that arrange transportation and accommodation one way. This is a bit different than being an ordinary house dancer in a major metropolitan area. Unlike Las Vegas and Phoenix, where you just have to show up whenever you want…once you sign the contract, you’re expected to work every night of the reservation.
If you’re free and free like Sapphire, the world is your oyster! One of the biggest advantages of being a stripper is that you can work ANYWHERE! If you’re not worried about making MORE money on the road than at your local club, what are you waiting for? Pick a city you would like to visit, find the strip clubs and go!