Its a very cut throat business, and at the moment with the financial down turn being the way it is, everyone is vying for their piece of a shrinking pie.
There are also far more clubs and parties to choose from than before.
To give you an idea of this, there were around 50 clubs on the scene when we first got involved. Now there are over 100 in the UK alone. Of those 100 only about 25 or so are in that original 50.
That's because the days when you can stick a few mattresses on the floor and have a BYOB bar are long gone (Thank god) and alot of clubs came and went.
Clubs produce loyalty from their members, no reason why they shouldn't. As long as someone isn't rude and keeps their review factual, then they should be able to critize in whatever way and what issues they see as fit without getting this debate going on in the forums.
Loyal members do their club no favours when they start an unwarranted attack on someone who has simply done a factual review.
On the other hand, short reviews that come in with words along the lines of 'Unclean and shit club, don't bother' give it an avoid rating, and then the profile is 'NO LONGER ON SITE'
Should be treated as highly suspicious, and also should be deleted.
Clubs are subjective, we know what we like from our clubbing night, is the same for a great many people, but its also NOT the same for many others. Some people really don't care about the social side and just want to jump in the playroom. Some want to dance, others want the water features, some people want everything under one roof.
The best club will be the one that can tick the most boxes for the most people.
We would argue that there are some things that all people will want from their night out. Those are:
1) A club with other people in it
2) A club that is clean
3) Friendly and helpful staff, ideally good hosts, ideally Gregg and Lisa from Ourplace4fun (We are still working on how to clone them at the moment)
4) An erotic enviroment. (Subjective)
5) A space where you can play
6) A night that suits you (ie Couples only or mixed ot whatever you want)
7) Facilties to be working and advertised ahead when they are not.
Now regardless of how many play rooms you have or don't have, or if you have a water slide you can shag and do summersaults in while trying to land on the lilo in the pool, if you get all the above 7 right, then your club is going to be good for some people, and will rarely get a bad report.
We are due to go to Rios again soon. So you might want to look out for that one. |
