What does your local club charge?

[JoCoCpl]

Kansas City area: Most that I've seen listed are typically $30 per couple - give or take $5 or $10 depending on the club/party and the night of the week.

[slevin]

The club that we've gone to (and we've only been to the one) charges $20 for a couple if you are just going to the night club part of the club and $60 if you plan to also go to the on-premise part of the club (an extra $40 for a total of $60).

[MrkLin]

We've never charged a thing for our house parties, but our parties are by invitation only. We do invite new couples, but most of our party attendees are lifestyle friends. We provide soft drinks, mixers, ice, bottled water, and put out a couple of appetizer trays. We ask our guests to bring along a snack for everyone to enjoy (nothing fancy - just whatever you like to snack on.) and it is a BYOB situation as neither of us drink.

[JustAskJulie]

Originally Posted by MrkLin

We've never charged a thing for our house parties,

That's probably a much better thing for you than you think. All you have to do is take a look at the "Swingers in the News" forum for a listing of what happens when you start charging for house parties.

[MrkLin]

Originally Posted by JustAskJulie

That's probably a much better thing for you than you think. All you have to do is take a look at the "Swingers in the News" forum for a listing of what happens when you start charging for house parties.

Actually, we've never viewed our parties as anything different than the average vanilla party. We live in a pretty rural area, and parties aren't all that common, but I've talked to all 3 of my neighbors, and they've never heard a peep out of our house during one of our house parties. It's not like we have 100 cars trying to park on the neighbor's begonias - there's rarely more than 7 cars to park, and we have an acre...

I just have a problem with charging my friends to come over and have a good time.

[JustAskJulie]

Originally Posted by MrkLin

Actually, we've never viewed our parties as anything different than the average vanilla party. We live in a pretty rural area, and parties aren't all that common, but I've talked to all 3 of my neighbors, and they've never heard a peep out of our house during one of our house parties. It's not like we have 100 cars trying to park on the neighbor's begonias - there's rarely more than 7 cars to park, and we have an acre...

I just have a problem with charging my friends to come over and have a good time.

I agree with you on that note... I've never been to a vanilla party with friends where the hosts charged a door fee... and to me it's the same thing.

The problem is too many don't view it that way and start thinking of their house parties as a way to earn cash... and as soon as someone complains that's the first way for the law to go after you.

[warrencouple]

We've only been to two clubs, one on-premise, one off-premise (and haven't officially joined the on-premise yet)

Prices though were / are:
Off-premise: $20/cpl, don't recall if they allowed single males

On-premise: $75 membership fee, first event included, then Saturday events are either $75 pre-paid, or $100 at the door. Club does include a snack bar, but is BYOB (mixers provided, as well as pop or water) Single females get in dirt cheap, $15 pre-paid, $20 at the door, single males need to be sponsored, and pay $60 / $80. Both single females and males also pay a membership fee, $30 for females, $75 for the guys.