Hi all, I have never been to a strip club before. I don’t know why, it was just something that I never thought to do. It seems like a really good way to have a little fun, but I when I finally went to one in Vegas, I was treated so poorly, and I had such an awful time, I was wondering are they all like this or is it just a Vegas thing? If so, I can’t understand why anyone would go there, and how they stay in business. I am a little hesitant to post this, because it’s such a long story, that I need to break it into two pieces. Hopefully some will read it though, because I would like opinions from those that are more experienced....  

Anyway, I had a business trip to Vegas, and on the week before, I contacted an independent provider who turned out to be quite responsive. We scheduled an appointment for Saturday morning, before my return flight was to leave. I arrived on Monday, and work wise everything went smoothly. On Friday, when I was done with work, I decided that, for the first time in my life, I would go to a strip club. My basic idea was that I would watch the girls dance on stage for a while, then get a lap dance, and that would get my mojo into high gear for my provider. I knew which club I wanted to go to, because I had driven right past it several times. Since I had never been to a strip club before, I tried searching the internet, to find out how much cash I should bring. The only thing I could find was a posting stating that you should expect to tip dancers about 30 dollars per hour. This sounded pretty reasonable to me, 5 dollars every 10 minutes or so, but I had to cut my searching short. I needed to dash off to my bank, before they closed. I ended up getting 70 dollars worth of five dollar bills. I figured that would be enough for tips, and I could put drinks on my credit card if need be.    

With that done, I went back to my hotel, to get dinner, and rest a while. At around 9 pm I got into my rental car, and poked the address of the club into my navigator. It took me right to the parking lot, and when I got there, I felt a bit nervous. I parked in an inconspicuous spot, and allowed myself to take a few minutes to steel my nerves. When I was ready, I got out of the car and headed to the entrance. Inside was an attractive girl behind a cash register, sitting on an uncomfortable looking stool. She mumbled, looked distracted, and really wasn’t very nice. She asked for the cover charge, and I handed her some of my cash. Then I put 2 dollars into her tip jar. That seemed to make her a little more pleasant. She said I could go into the club using the door behind her, which I did.  

Inside, I figured I would locate the bar, get a drink in my hand, and sit there for a while, to get a feel for the place. As I approached the bar, immediately this girl comes up to me, and she grabs my hand and says “oh, how are you”, and she motions to a place at the bar to sit next to her. Now, I will admit, at first I didn’t know who she was, but I figured out pretty quickly that she was one of the club’s dancers. When I sat down, the bartender, another attractive girl, asks what I want. I order a beer, as I did not want a bunch of strong drinks. I was planning on driving myself back to my hotel in a few hours. Now both of these girls seemed to be expecting me to buy my new partner a drink, so I add “and whatever she wants.” She orders something, and the bartender goes off to get those drinks. When she comes back, I give her my credit card, she runs it, and hands me back the credit card receipt. At this point they both get real quite and just stare at me, waiting to find out how much I will tip. Now this is one thing I hate about tipping, the uncomfortable moments when someone stares at you waiting for their tip. Usually, I tip bartenders a couple of dollars per drink, so I add this in, and this seems to satisfy them.  

Now my new partner and I start the usual small talk, but at some point, she must have perceived that I am a little nervous, so she asks if I have ever been to a strip club. I tell her no, and this definitely surprises her. She asks “really, why?” I don’t remember exactly what I said, but it was something kind of lame, and this makes me feel pretty uncomfortable. Then, to make it worse, she waves the bartender over, just to let her know. Now both of these girls are sort of looking at me with a surprised look, and I don’t know what to say, so I start feeling really self-conscious, and even more nervous. I start drinking my drink, hoping the subject will change.  Finally, my new partner says, “Well it’s ok, I will give you a tour when you finish your drink”. I finish up my drink, and the tour starts. This is when things really start to get bad...

She takes me around the ground level, and says lap dances here are 125$ for 15 mins. This is a lot more then I was expecting, and it really sounds like a ripoff to me, since I know several girls that will do an hour FBSM for like 180, but the the tour is just starting, so I keep quite. Then she takes me up one floor, and starts showing me these private rooms, and telling now how much they cost. I don’t really remember the price of each one, but what I do remember is that the prices are way more then I was expecting, and the costs are going up real quick. At this point, I am starting to worry about what I have gotten myself into, when she takes me into this room overlooking the stage, and closes the door. “This is my favorite room,” she says “it costs 4000  dollars, and you get two girls, for two hours, and a bottle of champagne...” Now let me stop here, and try to describe what’s wrong with this scene. I didn’t show up in a super expensive suit, I don’t look like Tiger Woods, and I was not celebrating like I just hit some huge jackpot. I showed up as a nervous newbie, and she knew that, so I don’t know how she even had the nerve to bring me up here. Well anyway, I think she sees my eyes get a little wider, so she repeats in a sort of coy sounding hopeful voice “You get a bottle of champagne...” This was the wrong thing for her to say. A bottle of champagne doesn’t do me any good, it will put me over the legal limit, and she is pushing it so hard, it makes me a little annoyed. What she says next, though, really got to me, “We can charge it to your credit card..." Now her casually mentioning charging 4 grand to my credit card kind of scares me. I start thinking about the month and months it would take me to pay this off, all the extra interest that would get added in, and while I am obsessing about this, a new sensation comes over me - claustrophobia. I have heard descriptions of what this is like, and I always thought it was kind of silly. Well I have respect now, I feel oddly panicked, and it’s not really the small room per say, my thoughts are like “I am trapped, how do I get out of here, I need some fresh air, I can’t get out of this room, etc..." After a few seconds, I recognize what is happening to me, and I realize all I need to do is turnaround, and open the the door and walk right out. I do exactly that, not really knowing where I am going. She doesn’t miss a beat, though, she follows me out the door, and then grabs my hand, and says, “I still have to show you the roof.” The thought of getting outside really appealed to me, even if the elevator ride didn’t, so I go along with her. We get to the roof, and there isn’t much there, but a few tables, and someone else smoking a cigarette. I take some time to walk around, and this calms me down. What I figure out is that it wasn’t just that small room that caused me to panic, it’s this whole situation. I don’t know how to get out of it gracefully. This girl is very attractive, and very friendly, but at the same time she is very persistent. I appreciate the fact that she spent some time with me, and was nice to me, and this is her job, but cost wise this is clearly out of my league. What I want to do is hand her 10 or 20 dollars, for her time, and leave. I walk back to the elevator, trying to figure out exactly how to do this, and as soon as I get near her she immediately says, “What kind of party would you like, the 4000 dollar room?” Taken aback a little, I say “No I can’t afford this.” Then she goes to the next cheaper room, and I repeat “No I can’t afford that either.” Then she goes to the next cheaper room, an on and on. We go through every single room like this. I don’t know how to describe her, but she is kind of like a nightmare car salesman. She is friendly, talkative, and always seems to have an answer for everything... Yet I can’t really get to what I want, or what I can afford. Finally, she gets back to the 125$ option, had totally forgotten about this. Now my original goal was to get a lap dance, and 125$ is more then I wanted to pay, but it gives me a way to compensate her for her time, and she was really attractive, so I agree to this. In hind sight, I should have taken this opportunity to leave, because things don’t get any better.  

She takes me to the cashier, and we work out the payment. Then she leads me to the back booths. She takes off her shirt off, and starts doing her thing. It’s kind of ok, but again I am thinking a FBSM is way better. She gets about half way through, and she says “You can touch my legs if you want.” I do this, and then she says “If you want to touch more, you can upgrade, and we can go upstairs, and we can get that bottle of champagne...” This causes something to click together in my head. Why is she asking me to do something that two minutes ago I told her I couldn’t afford? I don’t know why it took this long, but I finally realize her only goal is to get me drinking, so I will get drunk and stupid. After she changes my credit cards up to the limit, I would’t be surprised if she has a bouncer throw me out on the street for being to drunk or rough or whatever. Not only that, I think back to the bartender and the cashier, they were definitely not nice, until I tipped them. At this point I am thinking, “I am totally alone here, no one cares anything about my safety, what I am comfortable with, or what I can afford. All they care about is how much money they can get out of me.” This really starts to get me angry, and I have to fight this down. I know getting angry will make things a lot worse, and fast. I want to push her off me, but I realize, with me angry, it’s a bad idea to touch her at all. I need her to finish without incident, and I need to leave PERIOD. I stop taking to her, I stop touching her, and I stop looking at her. She continues dancing, and says “One more song, and our time is up." I don’t say anything. Finally, she finishes, and she sees that I am not responding to her at all anymore, so she says “You are leaving now aren’t you?” and I say “Yes”. I get up, walk right out the door, and into my car. I drive back to my hotel, and I have a really tough time getting to sleep because of all the negative emotions that I still have to deal with. To finish up this story, my provider arrived the next day, and she was really great, she turned the whole trip around for me.  

Again sorry for this long story. This could be all my fault, me stumbling around making a jackass of myself, but I have questions that would like answers/opinions on.  

Do all Vegas strip clubs cater to the few individuals who are prepared to slap down 4 grand in one night?  
-OR-  
Did I pick a bad club?  
-OR-  
I did I just get unlucky, and end up with a crazy bad girl?
-OR-
Am I a poor naive chump that has no business going into a strip club?  

Who in the world would makes use of the 4000 dollar room? I mean, come on, even If I was rich enough to casually slap 4 grand on my credit card, I could get a room at the Four Seasons, a bottle of champagne, and some girls that would do a lot more for me then those strippers would.  

If someone does get that room, what happens to them if they get too drunk and rowdy? For that kind of money, I would expect a courtesy limo ride to my hotel, and someone to call to drive me back to my car in the morning. Do they do that? From they way I was treated me, it seems like they would be happy to send a bouncer around, rough me up, and dumped me in the gutter.  

P.S. I am a little hesitant to mention the club that I went to, because I worried that my post would be rejected, most will probably be able to figure it out from the description. After this experience I can’t see that I will ever to to another strip club again. Twin Peaks, Hooters, and Coyote Ugly are wayyyy better. They are always friendly to me, and it costs way less

so I add “and whatever she wants.” She orders something, and the bartender goes off to get those drinks. When she comes back, I give her my credit card, she runs it, and hands me back the credit card receipt.

Never give your credit card to anyone in a strip club.

I was very naive on my first, and only visit to a "well known" downtown strip club back in 2008.

Paid the entrance fee, which included two drinks, then sat at the bar and within a minute I had a girl come up to me telling me I was cute...lol.

To cut a long story short.

She asked if I wanted a lap dance, and I said yes. Without asking the price, which was a mistake.

In a small room we go, and after a ten minute lap dance, she says that will be $100, and if you though I was good, you can tip me another $100.

WTF.

I paid her the $100, and said I only had another $20 on me, so she begrudgingly accepted that.

I am not blaming her at all.
She was just doing her job.

Newbies are heaven sent for the strip joints.

Its up to we men to know the situation before we enter these places.

"Nah, I'm good. Thanks."

When the polite tone that I say that in doesnt work, I switch to a more assertive tone and change two words.

"No. I am good. Thank you."

The work wonders.  

I try not to be rude. Surely there are men who want the 4000 room.. Surely there are men who get ripped off and have to explain how they confusingly spent 4000 in Vegas..

No matter where you are or what you are doing.. Never forget those four words.  

Also, don't lose any more sleep over this. You weren't a "sucker".. This happens to everyone. You made out ok. Lesson learned. A story to tell your grandkiddos... When they turn 21.

vacuum the cash from your pockets.  Alyssa's advice is spot on.  You say "no thanks" a lot until you get comfy with the ladies you like and go from there.  One mistake was allowing the first lady to "take you" anywhere upon arrival.  Get a feel for the place before you get hooked into anything.  Strip Clubs can be a lot of fun understanding their limits and that the cost can get out of hand if you're not vigilant.
Try it again with some chums and have some fun.  Mostly the ladies are a good time.

First don't feel bad. A very typical experience for a 1st timer. At least you didn't take a cab to the club and you kept your head.  A few times I've been known to get rowdy, but quieted down when asked, so no problem.  And yes, most clubs will drive you back to your hotel.  Don't know about getting picked up later to get your car, I've always taken a cab back to get my car.  I never drink and drive.  
Unless you're running a tab and not paying until you're ready to leave, never use a credit card.  Use the ATM that all clubs have inside.  
I once had the good fortune to meet a gentleman who was celebrating a good business deal and he picked up the tab for me and him in the VIP room. We did everything you'd normally do with escorts and then some.  I did tip the Bouncer $100 to look the other way. I don't have any idea what it cost.  I just know I couldn't have possibly afforded it on my own.  
Research more before your next trip and bring along a friend.  You can have a good time.

Las Vegas is all about getting your money.

Like John said, never use a credit card in a LV strip club.

You may have picked a bad club, they are not all the same.  You didn't say where you went so hard to tell.  You would have been better off having your first strip club experience in a different city, hopefully a smaller city.  Kind of like starting with training wheels.

If you were that nervous, you may be better off staying out of strip clubs, or better yet, go with a couple of friends.

...Little Darlings. I've been to many strip clubs so I pretty much know what to expect. Little Darlings is all nude but no alcoholic drinks. I drove myself and, if you go to their website there's an eCoupon that you can download to your smartphone and show the girl at the entry booth to get free admission. They charge you $30 for the beverage fee but that gets you free sodas, juice or water as long as you stay. Here's a tip: always ask the girl at the booth or the bouncer who frisks you what the prices are for the various types of dances whether table or VIP booth. They will try to steer you to VIP seating areas at higher prices but that doesn't interest me. Each woman can charge what she wants for a private dance. One gal quoted me $50 but all the other quoted me $40 private booth VIP dance (which is one song) or 3 dances/songs for $100. Once seated, a different lady will stop by every couple of minutes, or less, and very sweetly start a conversation with you while stroking you lightly and whispering in your ear, then asking if you're ready for a dance. Politely, just say you're not ready yet as you just got there and watch the flow of the place and all the beautiful women. There was a time when a guy could go to a strip club and just sit by the stage and watch the stage show all night if he wanted. No longer, you will be constantly solicited at most any gentlemen's club. Finally, one lady stopped and talked to me and I fancied her so I agreed to go with her to a VIP booth (after first asking her if she was shaved...probably a silly question, I realize, but still...).

 I told her that I'd take the 3 dance for $100 package and off we went. Here's an important tip: Even tho you tell a girl you only want x amount of dances or spend x amount of $$, it's up to you to keep track of how many dances you've had and you have to tell her when to stop, ideally right near the end of a song. She won't stop until you tell her to and you have to pay her for however many songs you enjoyed, regardless, or else you will have to take the issue up with the Bouncer staff. She takes me back to the booth area and tells me to take off my belt and undo the button on my pants, I lie back on the reclining lounge. I was really impressed that she waited to start the session when a new song started and not in the middle of the current song like they do in many other clubs. She starts off topless with a g string and she is nude before the song is over. You can touch her and she'll stop you if you exceed the boundaries. I was able to fondle and suck her breasts and butt, run my finger up her pussy lips and she would occasionally squeeze my cock thru my pants. All the time she's grinding against you and smushes her breasts, butt or pussy into your face. There are separate ceiling cameras for each booth so you are constantly surveilled; likely even recorded. You won't be able to get away with much. I was also impressed that each song was a good 4 to 5 minutes. Some clubs play short 2 1/2 minute songs. After the 3rd song I told her I was through and she asked, "you sure?". Yup. She jumps up looks at the camera and stays with you while you put yourself back together. It was a great time for $130!

Careful when buying a dancer a drink. Often the girl will order a mixed drink (that's really likely just water with a mixer) and you'll be charged an unreasonably high amount. You don't have to buy a lady a drink, if she sits with you and you decline to buy her a drink when the waitress refreshes yours, she'll likely give you a little dirty look, stand up and walk away. Don't let it bother you.  

The only other Vegas I've been to is Spearmint Rhino. I made the mistake of going there on a busy Saturday night when there were several large conventions in town (when aren't there?) and, after paying a pretty high entry fee, there was absolutely no place to sit. Ladies would grab me and try to find an open seat so they could give me a table dance but couldn't and I declined their offer to give me a private dance as I stood against a wall...NOT!! :d  I finished my beer and quickly got outta there.  

So, I hope others have some good tips for you 'cuz going to strip clubs is just so fun if you can do it right.

I go to strip clubs all the time a buy just my drinks and no lap daces... Just tell them you are there for a drink and most will leave you alone

And a lap dance should not cost more than 20. In any club.  Its kinda universal.

Now, if you really want to talk bad club experiences, google "$28,000 Scores Tab"

Hi everyone, thanks for reading, and writing your replies. It's helping, I am figuring some things out.

It was Larry Flynt's Hustler Club near the strip next to I-15. It looked big and bright, and my hotel was near there, so it seemed to be a good place to go. dddbabe wins 4000 c3poa bucks...redeemable nowhere.

The original post that I read, recommending 30 dollars an hour, was not very specific about what it would be for. The exact quote was "expect to pay 30 dollars an hour, plus more for drinks". Based on some of the posts, this isn't far off. Get a 5 to 15 minute lap dance, pay between 20 and 50 dollars, chill for an hour, maybe get another. Pay between 100-150 dollars for a night of fun. That's what I was expecting, I was also expecting that they would cajole and push for SOME more money. This is was the primary reason for my nervousness in the parking lot. What I got was nowhere near this. I was not expecting this tour of rooms, a shakedown for 4000 dollars, a complete disregard for what I could afford, etc.  

This quote really got me thinking though:

“We did everything you'd normally do with escorts and then some.”

One detail that I left out, because it didn’t seem relevant at the time, is that during the lap dance she said “Are you sure you don’t want to upgrade, you will get what you want” At the time, this seemed kind of out of place, but I had other things on my mind, so I forgot about it. On a previous Vegas trip I went to Sheri’s ranch. (I wanted to check this out at least once in my life.) Two girls for two hours would cost exactly 4000. They do CBJ, FS, and some do Greek, BDSM and more. Are they trying to compete with Shari’s Ranch? On the one hand this makes sense, on the other hand it totally doesn’t. My assumption up to this point has been that strip clubs don’t provide these kinds of services, ever. If they do, 4000 at least makes some kind of sense. I am having a hard time accepting this, though, they are in Clarke County so they shoudn’t be putting an average Joe, who walks in off the street, in this situation.  

Does anyone know what is going on at the Hustler Club?

now the trend is to collect the dance fee ahead of time
but watch out
because the dancer may leave before the set is done
try bringing that up with a bouncer

Do NOT EVER expect sex in the $4000 room at a strip club.  The dancers may insinuate that it is possible, but only till they get you in there and have your money.  If you want sex, a strip club is the worst way to go about it.  There are plenty of well reviewed ladies here to go with

Honestly I have traveled all around the world.. and I hit a strip club in every single place I go if at all possible and legal.  I can tell you hands down Vegas is in the top 2 of strip clubs.  The Rhino has by far the hottest chicks and most friendly dancers around and Sapphires is not place to forget either.  I love flying into Vegas on Friday afternoon and the club have limo's out front waiting for the girls that fly in for the weekend to work..  I'm talking IMHO Cali 9 and 10's.  Lap dances are great - again IMHO Rhino is a lap dance factory.. for a quick $20 you have some hot body grinding on you for a few songs.  These girls are true American hero's...  Without a doubt every time I"m able to arrange for a hotel visit later that evening with a girl..  Last trip I was lucky enough to get a gorgeous lady and she brought an asian friend over.. one of my best night ever..  just ask after you dance if they do any private entertaining... that starts the conversation - pick a girl that is chatty and usually the local girls are more amicable to playing.. leave the Eastern European alone they don't usually play.

These places are not cheap.. I think Rhino is around 40 to get in and 20 dances and probably 12 beers..  And DON"T let a cab driver tell you he can get you in 'free' somewhere else - he is getting a kick back and the place will suck.  Also don't go during the afternoon and early evening.. the really hot chicks don't come until the night shift.. sometimes not to 10pm..  And don't not matter what do the back rooms.. they are hustles and that is regardless of club..  the in seat dances are the best bang for your buck.  And the tour that is typical where they try to sell the back room.

The only other place that has the same quality as Vegas i have found is London Strinfellows - another truly amazing place.  Just stupid expensive.. by the time you factor in the crappy dollar to pound exchange rate it cost close to 100 us to get in.    And finally the most overrated place I have been is Montreal - they were supposed to have the best club in the world.. but I was very underwhelmed...  the women i see on the streets in Montreal are drop dead gorgeous - the clubs girls from my experience not so much and the club are very smallish low end kind of joints..

Agreed...totally. What she said, and the way she said it, was her attempt to convince me that sex was possible. She was using every means that she could think of to get me to fork that money over. She saw me as a naive person, and she tried to take advantage of me. That makes her a bad person.  

OK so part of me doesn't want to say that, after all she is not hear to defend herself. It makes another part of me feel better, so I am leaving it there.

I can't thank you all enough, this is helping me so much. At the time, I had this gut feeling that I am not safe here, something is seriously wrong, and I needed to leave quickly. I know now, that was spot on.

Thanks again!

"Some of the best clubs in the world are in Vegas"...I can't vouch for this personally, but this was exactly what I was thinking on that day:

I have job that requires me to travel alone frequently. So there I am alone in the middle of Vegas, and I am thinking "The BEST strip clubs should be here, there is a giant one right down the street." I wanted to find out if it's a good way to kill time, and help me feel less lonely. I went to the bank, got 70 dollars, and thought, "Just go there, find out what's up, when your 70 dollars is gone, leave."

When the bartender found out that I had never been to a strip club before she did say, "Oh, you picked a good one, this is the best one in town". Well after they spit me out frustrated, angry, and feeling ripped off. I am thinking WTF??? If this is the best club in town the rest must be sheer horror. I had to find out if that's true, so I wrote this post.

A few more details on the club:  

When I got there it was about 9:30 on a Friday night. There were more dancers then customers. This is still kind of early, but there should have been more customers at that time, shouldn’t there? The dancers were a mixed bag. I was definitely attracted to a some of them, but most of them, not so much. The one girl probably noticed me taking a longer look at her, so that’s how I ended up with her. I left at about 10:30, and none of the dancers at that time were any better. What you said about the back rooms was spot on. They were all small, uncomfortable, dreary, and complete ripoffs. This was obvious to me in about 2 seconds. It's bizarre that all do this. It’s just going to scare people away. Finally, my overpriced, 125 dollar lap dance, was probably the worst lap dance in history. It ended up with me wanting to shove her away, but afraid touch her, because I didn't want to accidentally hurt her.  

So it sounds like there are some of the best clubs in Vegas, but also some of the worst. Stay away from the Hustler Club it’s terrible.

ea, I would think getting the money before hand would be a lot easier then shaking everyone down after the fact. This seems so difficult, especially since it would be kind of easy to get out of:

Bouncer: Hey get over here you jerk! Cindy says you owe her some more money.

Me: Really? No I asked for a 3 song set, I got a 3 song set, and I paid for a 3 song set.

Bouncer (getting irate and angry): Listen Cindy says it was for a 5 song set, so you still owe money. Are you going to pay, or do I have to take it out of your hide?

Me: Hold on, calm down. I'll pay, no need to get excited...clearly we have a disparagement on exactly how much I owe, though, so I will just call the police, and when they get here, they will help us work it out.  

Bouncer: Get out of here, and never come back.

They can't have a bunch of police officers running around disrupting the other customers over 50 or 60 dollars. Plus with me, with my cellphone, ready to dial 911, beating me up would be a bad decision. Although they might, and Cindy would be real mad, so I personally wouldn’t try this, but I can think of a lot of people who would. My point being pre-pay easy, after the fact hard.

What you experienced is typical strip club protocol. Just be happy you were smart enough to keep your money in your pocket !

i, I keep posting more details, and writing my conclusions, because everyone is giving me very valuable feedback. In addition, their stories are entertaining, and have a lot of good anecdotes. I want to learn, and I appreciate the time that everyone has taken to read my story, and tell me their stories. I have gotten quality recommendations on where to go, how much to expect to pay, what to say, how to act, etc.  

I originally wrote:

“After this experience I can’t see that I will ever to to another strip club again.”
 
I have changed my mind. I will be back to Vegas, and will probably try going to another club, so all this information is very valuable to me.  I can’t thank you all enough!!!!

I don’t feel like I am whining. I am sorry if you do, and this annoys you for some reason. If you think that my conclusion are wrong, and that the Hustler is a great club, and that the girls there treated me fairly, then please add your reasons. If I am wrong, I have no problems admitting that. Also, if it’s typical strip club protocol to take me to the backrooms, and try to get me to pay for for things that I don’t understand the value of, please explain why that is. Treating potential new customers this way would seem to be counterproductive.

END OF MESSAGE

excuse me but nobody is this naïve, I think you just like to write and tell stories...

My best advice if you are newbie.. go with a buddy if you have one that can go.. otherwise here are some golden rules that apply to any strip club anywhere in the world.. Strippers are not there because they enjoy it.. its their job.. their way to make money and they will employ all their tricks to do so.. know it love it live it.. use it to your advantage..  Try this little experiment - next time you are in a club ask every girl you talk to 'how long have you been here?' without a doubt 95% will answer '2 or 3 weeks'.  Right whatever..   Don't go to the back or champagne room.  All they will do is try to upsell for more and more dances and you get less and less.. stick to table dances....  You can get a good vibe for a dancer by talking to them for a few min.. if they all sound like a used car salesmen just send them along another will be along in 5 min.    The girls are all 'independent' contractors which mean the club don't employ them per se.. they pay a house fee go there an then give them a % of her dances / tips.  So everyone there is motivated to get you to pay out your hard earned $$..

, in actuality this was a VERY difficult story for me to write. I am not a writer by trade, so it was a long and difficult task for me to get it down, and edit it. Also, this actually happened to me, and I do realize that at points I made stupid decisions, and that some would regard me as naive, a whiner, a jerk or whatever.

However, it has been totally worth it. The information that you all sent has been super!!!

Vegas is kinda the shark in the water in a world of escorts and strippers.  Making one of the areas strip clubs your first is probably the worst idea, esp when you don't ask what to expect in advance.  This town preys upon the happy go lucky I didn't do any research in advance guys that frequent here.

First, you need to figure out the lay of the land, what's in the realm of possibilities and legit.  All the local gentlemens clubs reside in 3 jurisdictions:  Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Clark County.  Way back when, it did matter where the club was located as some ordinances were looser than others.  These days, it's fairly close as to what's allowed and what's illegal.  For the most part, you (customer) aren't allowed to have your hands roam a dancer's breasts or nether regions.  The dancer isn't allowed private to private contact (the Vegas lap dance is known for a fair amount of grinding contact, perhaps illegal but overlooked most times).  For liquor, expect roughly $8 domestic beer, $12-15 well drinks.  Bottles (table service) tend to run $350+.

GCs are divided into 2 groups:  topless with a full bar or nude with no booze.  The ones that serve liquor are 21+ while the juice clubs are 18+.  Note that 1 GC is grandfathered with a liquor license and offering full nudity from the dancers: Palomino (which is a fair distance away from the strip as it's in North Las Vegas; if you want to map it, it's across the street from Jerrys Nugget Casino).  Unlike many GCs in other parts of the world, stage tips isn't the main source of income for dancers.  They usually make bank via private dances.  The basic dance lasts for a song (roughly 3 minutes) and usually goes for $20 topless or $40 nude.  A VIP set of 3 songs usually runs $100 (per dancer) + drinks/tips and usually done in a secluded section of the club.  Some things to keep in mind, bouncer to the VIP area likes tips of $20; VIP drinks tend to run around $20, one for you and one for each dancer; and dancers will be asking for tips on top of the $100.   Dancers like to push VIP time as well, roughly $500 an hour (sometimes prorated to 15 or 30 minute increments), which may include a bottle of liquor.  VIP dances tend to be similar to floor dances (although some dancers will allow more hand roaming than normal).  Nude clubs without liquor tend to charge a beverage fee at the door, usually $10 for all basic drinks (energy drinks being a premium).  Dancers will always steer you to VIP, they make their money quicker that way, with promises of a better time.  Vegas GCs are not good places to find "extras" (HJ or better) that you may find at GCs in other parts of the world.  That $4000 will not get you laid in a Vegas GC (well, it might, but you're better off finding a well reviewed provider in the review database here as it should not cost you as much and is more of a sure thing).  As some have stated, some dancers will ask for more for a dance.  Whether you wish to pursue that is up to you.  Some dancers with notoriety (porn stars, feature dancers) deserve the higher costs.  In Vegas, it's not uncommon for these dancers to be house dancers (in other places, they would be advertised as touring the club that week/weekend with photo ops, private dances, magazine/DVD sales, etc).  

Visitors frequently arrive at a GC via taxi/limo.  This method automatically triggers a cover charge (side note:  professional drivers get tokes from the club for dropping off passengers to that club), usually in the area of $20-40 per person.  Most GCs offer free or low cost cover to locals with NV state ID arriving via personal vehicle.  Many clubs have their own "limo" service that will pick you up and drop you off at the club (return service can be a hassle as it's usually a long delay or unavailable; taxi back to your hotel is usually quicker) for a tip to the driver and often waive the cover charge.  

If you're going to be "george" and spread some tips around (Vegas is a service industry town, tips are expects for good service) $5 to each bouncer/cashier, $10+/person to a limo driver, $20+ for the bouncer that clears space for your group (some GCs get crowded to the point where it's difficult to stand and not get jostled), $1+ per drink or 25-50% for bottle/table service.  I like to kick $5+ for bussers that bring extra ice/mixers.  FYI this is fairly typical tip levels at a Vegas nightclub/bar

I'm not aware of any Vegas GC featuring country music.  Mostly top 40/hip hop, EDM, and/or rock.

Larry Flint's Hustler Club:  usually opened from 4pm to dawn.  They have happy hour specials from 4-8pm (open bar domestic/well, +$10 for import/premium), Sun 8-midnight open bar/food, drink specials for football games on TV.  This is the largest GC in North America if not the world.  The open air rooftop (up the stairs or via elevator) on the 3rd floor (2nd floor to foreigners) has a nice view of the strip (great selfie photo op).  Has mens show for the ladies.

Crazy Horse 3:  24/7, has an afterhours nightclub and sushi bar as part of the complex.  Drinks are slightly higher than average here.  Usually advertising features/celebrities.

Vince Neil's Girls Girls Girls:  part of the Deja Vu chain (Hustler being one of their brands).  Across the street from Orleans Casino.  As you can guess, rock is the music of choice here.  Vince Neil does drop in on occasion but don't expect it.  Like the other Deja Vu clubs in Vegas, has drink specials.

Club Paradise:  Shares a management team with Palomino.  Across the street from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.  Drink prices slightly higher than average.  Valet parking only.  I've always been of the opinion that this club takes advantage of the proximity to HRH and doesn't deliver as often as other clubs.

The Horse:  This club reopened this year, at the notorious location of Crazy Horse Too (aka CH2).  Different management team than the old CH2 (or CH3 for that matter), they have clubs in SoCal and their corporate office was firebombed earlier this year (old school mob tactics).

Sapphires:  Largest GC, at least for a single floor (the VIP skyboxes are on a second floor).  24/7.  They have a daytime pool (not topless/nude) area.  Drinks way above average ($17 well? really?).  Advertise features/celebrities often (they like people knowing that Charlie Sheen snubbed them twice, even if he was offers six figures for a 1-2 hour appearance).  Drink specials during football games.  Special cover for UFC PPV matches.  Comedy on Friday nights.  Mens show for the ladies.

Little Darlings:  part of the Deja Vu chain.  Nude/no booze.  Probably the best nude club in town.

Deja Vu Showgirls:  fairly intimate place, nightly drink specials.

Cheetah's:  24/7.  For daytime, really good drink specials and dances ($20/2 songs).  Recently renovated so it's a bit classier than the club of years past.

Olympic Gardens (OGs):  24/7.  Drink prices are slightly above average.  Probably best mens show for the ladies on the 2nd floor.

Treasures:  Has a good early drink special/free food before 8pm (open at 4pm to dawn).  Very nice restaurant attached (probably the best food of any local GC).

Foxys:  Working class GC.  Occasional BBW/porn star night.  Other working class GCs of note:  Play It Again Sams, Larry's Villa.  Note that all 3 (+ OGs) offer crappy video poker.

Spearmint Rhino:  24/7.  If you ask me, this is the gold standard of Vegas GCs.  The recent GC/ED expo gave the 2013 GC of the year award to the Rhino.

Pussycats:  Probably the only other nude club I'd like to mention.  Features some interesting stage shows and occasionally has couples only area.

Palomino:  Compared to most clubs mentioned, it's a good haul from the strip so it'll be a more expensive cab ride back to your strip hotel (not as bad to downtown Vegas).  The upstairs tends to be more relaxing outside of the VIP bottle rooms.  Two associated clubs on the same block:  Lacy's and Chica Bonitas (latin focused working class GC).  There's an occasional mens show here for the ladies.

If you're into the old school/NY style booth clubs:  Talk of the Town and Purple Pussycats.

Clubs not mentions:  skip.  Not worth going.  They tend to be clip joints (where they want $300-4000+ for VIP, nothing special).

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famous last words , when stripper is done with you
"can you give the bouncer a $20 tip"
your response
"why? he didn't do a thing for me