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| MY TWO CENTS |
When you're taking the cab from the airport to your hotel, ask the cabbie if he has any passes. He will say yes. Then he will tell you which ones. You should do your homework before you go on which clubs are the ones you want to go to. Bikini, Voodoo Lounge, Club Rio, Rain, Ghostbar, Ra, Ice, Pure, the list goes on... Most of these clubs have $20 cover especially on the weekends.
Before the cabbie has a chance to tell you $10 per pass or something like that (which seems like a good price to you since they could save you $20 each), you should do the pre-emptive strike with your offer: "Give us a few of those passes and we'll make sure you get a healthy tip." At this point he will either go for it, or he will back off and say something like $10 for 4 passes, whatever. The point is that its a matter of negotiation. He gets these for free and sells them on the side. So it all depends on how desperate you are. If you are going to get a limo ride from Kristie later (see the limo page), then you probably aren't too desperate because she will probably give you passes for free.
Anyway, whether you pay for them or not, you still have the same question in your head. Are they going to work? Some of them don't even say "Free Cover" on them, but they say other things which imply the same, such as "Not valid for special events" etc. Some of them will also work as line passes (which you'll come to learn is just as valuable as free cover because some lines may be hours long) and some of them won't. The cabbie may tell you the truth or he may not even know the truth. Unfortunately, I don't have a complete list of which ones work and for what. But I will tell you the general truth: Most of them work for free cover, and some of them work as line passes but only if they are not too busy to begin with. Don't pay the cabbie $20 for a pass to Rain and expect to go there on Friday at 11pm and walk right in - It ain't gonna happen. Also, keep in mind the club can pretty much make their own rules with regard to 'special events' or 'holiday weekends' or whether they don't want to let you in for any reason. So don't lay down a wad of cash to buy passes that might not work for you.
Anyway, good luck and have fun.
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