There are now some very well established Clubs in the UK so why don't they spend some money to glam the places up a bit? Chameleons is about as good as it gets but really you only get music downstairs and the rooms are just basic un decorated rooms - poor if any decor, poor lighting and deadly silent.
So many Continental Clubs make the rooms sexy and inviting with piped music, pleated satin and led lights.
I wish someone would make a really classy club and focus on music, sensuality and ambience. I asked once in Chams and was tod it was a sex Club so what is the point.....
Piped music and pleated satin?
Seriously?
Sorry, I'd just laugh.
Clearly I have no style :-p
They are so tacky coz the jizz hasn't been wiped clean
Interesting debate, having just come back from Cap where we did some very interesting digging!! Many of the clubs in Cap run as a syndicate, with profits being merged with black market money. Local shops are charged 25% of turnover to just stay open, non payment is an issue of how much you value your kneecaps!! Couldn't believe the stories we heard, and many shops etc are up for sale to get out asap. The clubs act as the magnet for the tourist, and so believe they have a right to charge others for being the attraction. Would be like us going to the Prem next door and demanding 25% of their turnover, just for being the only local club running!
Biggest difference and reason for the difference in our view is the fact that UK clubs need to work on genuine incoming profit to plough back into club refurbs. With so many clubs, so few spare pounds in peoples pockets, and an increasing number of house party events, that profit, if any, can be quite low!
You also need to bear in mind many clubs are leased, and not owned, so owners are slightly unwilling to plough money into what at the end of the day, is not their building. You also have the over ridding issue of a club being closed down within seconds for any number of reasons, and therefore all money invested in the place is lost. Hope that helps the debate.
Interesting debate, having just come back from Cap where we did some very interesting digging!! Many of the clubs in Cap run as a syndicate, with profits being merged with black market money. Local shops are charged 25% of turnover to just stay open, non payment is an issue of how much you value your kneecaps!! Couldn't believe the stories we heard, and many shops etc are up for sale to get out asap. The clubs act as the magnet for the tourist, and so believe they have a right to charge others for being the attraction.
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True !! Few years ago we saw a limo pull up outside Glamour, few heavies got out then a smallish old man. It was like a scene from the Sopranos !! Think the Godfather may have come to collect his dues.
But on the otherhand, it's a nice safe place !!
J & S
There is a bit of a dispute going on at the moment as Babylones pool was sabotaged with iron oxide twice in July the night before their pool party.
Insider assumption is that it Glamour who are trying to maintain their position as the only daytime major event in the village. Fact is that the Babylones and Eden pool parties are free and absolutely fantastic and so must be affecting footfall for the foam parties. Point of interest if you go - watch out for the dry ice bomb in the swimming pool !!
The sabotage actually worked against the perpetrators, if it was Glamour, because the Babylones pool party just got switched to Eden and then took place at Babylones a couple of days later. In other words there were three free pool parties in a week instead of just two.
Irrespective of the mafia/gangster (lol) allegations - there are no such issues in the rest of France, nor in Germany or Holland as far as we know, and the quality is still far superior.
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Irrespective of the mafia/gangster (lol) allegations - there are no such issues in the rest of France, nor in Germany or Holland as far as we know, and the quality is still far superior.
Mmmmm, think this comment makes us feel more uncomfortable than any tacky club. Surely a "super club" if funded by organised crime is not worth it? Okay this is speculation but are the facilities in comparison with the overall cost entry cost? Are we naive in thinking that the clubs in Britain are run by genuine businesses? The thought that any club we have visited has any dealings with organised crime is more repulsive to us than any "seedy/grubby" club, we are swingers but don't want to be unwitting launders of grubby money in the process!
Guess it's a hark back to the fact that in the UK enjoyment of sex was a dirty word. Compare that with say Germany where clubs are generally smart and invariably for example takes some beating (literally as well!)
I regularly go to gay saunas in London, and the standard of cleanliness, decor, facilites and ambience is invariably very good. Go to a straight swinging venue and the place is a dump, very expensive and hideously over priced.
Straight men will put up with the most appalling standards if there may be some sex available, and the club owners know that. And it is the single men who bring in the money.
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I can only conclude that gays have better taste and are more demanding regarding their surroundings!
If I could set up a swingers club in one of the plushest gay saunas in London - I'd put all the other clubs out of business!
We found this a very interesting thread. After 8 in Edinburgh was a dump when we went, but you certainly couldn't say that about Vanilla Alternative and The Hellfire Club which are purpose built. Ab-fabs may be like having a swinging party in a garden center but it isn't a tacky dump.
So to generalise about clubs in the UK is not only harsh but factually wrong. We've not been to the clubs in Europe (thanks for tip on Continental Fetish Clubs), but we do find in the UK the most sensual facilities/ambiance is not in the clubs but in the organised private parties held in houses. They cost more for entry, but then again we find you get a lot more for your money, especially those that go the extra mile to create an erotic party atmosphere.
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