You are all set for your big night, whether its for your Hens or your best friends Hens Night, you are in the hotel room, the drinks poured and the nibbles opened, and most of all everyone is excited because your Hot Male Stripper is about to arrive! You know who you booked and have shown all the girls pics of who is coming, the excitement builds as the doorbell rings aaannnd... you open the door and someone completely different is standing there?? Does this scenario sound familiar? Yes, why? Because it happens all the time. This is an example of one of the pitfalls that can be avoided 99% of the time if you book through an agency with a proven good track record. Don't get caught out when you book!

Here are 7 pitfalls most commonly experienced when booking Male Entertainment and how to avoid them...

1. Get a Guarantee...

   The Problem - as mentioned above, it can be sooo disappointing if you have booked a specific Male Stripper and when the moment arrives some random appears on your doorstep. If you order a Hawaiian you don't expect a Peperoni to turn up do you! Many agencies out there will take your order regardless of who you choose and simply send anyone on the night. Some have no intention of sending who you chose! They simply tell you what you want to hear to get your booking...'Oh yes of course it'll be Channing Tatum that turns up, payment details please!'. A great deal of the time the pictures on the website that you choose from are of lads that do not even work for them and once again when you choose them someone else turns up on the night. Of course even the most reputable companies have illness and injury among their performers but this is very very rare, but even then a decent agency should call you and offer you the choice of another performer or your deposit back - but they don't, they just send anyone. Frustrating!

   The Solution - to minimise the chance of this happening to you we recommend that you get it in writing in an email that if you choose a specific male stripper, that is who you will get on the night or your deposit will be refunded. We have found that when potential customers ask this many agencies will then say they can't guarantee who you will get and will not put anything in writing. Avoid these agencies like the plague or there is a high probability of disappointment!

2. The Stripper Travel Fee Dilemma...

   The Problem - if you are planning to have your Male Performer come to you far from the CBD, of whichever city you live in, some agencies will not charge you for travel - sounds like a great deal right? If it's too good to be true, it usually is! What generally happens in these circumstances is that you book with them because they are cheaper, but then if they get another booking in, or close to, the city in the lead up to your booking date guess what they do next? Yep, you guessed it...they cancel on you. This often happens very close to the day as they pick up last minute bookings which compounds the nightmare you will now have trying to find a replacement. We receive last minute calls all the time from distraught Maids of Honour that this has happened to and most of the time we cannot help because we are booked out by that stage.

   The Solution - as tempting as it might be to go for the cheapest, make sure you agree to pay a reasonable travel fee for your male stripper. This pretty much ensures that your performer will not cancel last minute for a better paying job or the exact same job paying the same money but close by. Expect to pay travel for anything over 20kms from the CBD. Pay travel and ensure your entertainment shows up!

3. Don't get caught up on your Stripper's looks...

   The Problem - understandably many Hens want good looking Men Strippers for their Hens Party. However, some get way too hooked up on specific 'looks', 'types' or even specific strippers. It's important to remember that the reason you are having a stripper is for entertainment value, and often the most entertaining strippers are not the super models!! If you want super model looks then hire a super model (we can probably get you one for about $10,000 lol) and they can stand there looking pretty while you all get bored after 5 minutes!

   The Solution - ask the agent which strippers put on the best performance and are the most entertaining - this is sooo much more important than the looks! Quite often we have noticed that when there are no expectations other than having a great entertainer, girls that ask for a surprise have the most fun with their male performer. Looks aren't everything!

4. The Enticement of a Double Act Strip Show...

   The Problem - having 2 Male Strippers at the same time, or a Male Stripper Double Act as it is normally refered to, is great fun and of course having some great Male Striptease Double Acts on our books we highly recommend them, but there are a couple of things to consider. If the idea and spectacle of having 2 Male Strippers performing together is what thrills you then don't let me talk you out of it because it is fun but when there are two Strippers performing at the same time you can only look at one at any one time so your attention has to flit from one to the other meaning you will probably miss some of the action or individual moves from either of the boys - you only have one pair of eyes! This is especially true if each stripper is focusing on differents parts of the crowd or two different girls. Also, the Double acts are a little longer than a single strip show but not double the length, however they are more than double the price because each stripper needs to be paid more for the longer time.

   The Solution - if spectacle and wow factor is what you are after then go for the Double Act for sure, however if value for money and duration of entertainment is more important to you then consider booking 2 strippers that come at slightly staggered times - say, 30 minutes apart. That way it actually costs you less, you can totally focus on each individual routine and your entertainment will be drawn out over a much longer time making it feel like you had more entertainment for your money!

5. Public Venue for your Strip Show...

   The Problem - sometimes Hens organise their Stripper to come to a public venue such as a restaurant but this can be really uncomfortable for the performer meaning he may not be able to give you as good a performance as he normally would in a totally private setting, plus he may not be allowed to go Full Monty if other members of the public can easily see. Also some venues will simply refuse to allow the show to happen at all.

   The Solution - really try hard to organise a completely private space for your Male Stripper to perform in. Private houses and apartments, Hotel rooms and even Karaoke rooms are the absolute best places to have your strip show - in these settings he can really let loose with his performance, go the Full Monty and all the girls can be totally wild without any worry! If it must be at a restaurant and you have a particular restaurant in mind, call and ask them if they have a private room you could use for the show and check if they are cool with you having the show there at all because the last thing you want is for your stripper to turn up and be told he can't perform by the venue manager!

6. Photos and videos of the performance...

   The Problem - most Male Strippers will tell you at a certain point in their routines to stop filming or taking pictures - usually just before they get naked! Some girls simply don't respect this and continue to snap or film away and many Strippers will stop their routines short at the undies or G-String stage if people don't adhere to his request. With so much social interaction being online now many strippers don't want their junk plastered all over it haha! When a stripper stops his routine in this way it can ruin the atmosphere.

   The Solution - obey your Stripper!!!!!!!! Control your guests and the performance will finish in the way it should - wedding tackle out haha!! You will just have to use the old skool memory in your actual head for that part of the show I'm afraid!

7. Booking Strippers via Social Media...

   The Problem - some people book their Male Adult Performers through social media sites like Facebook and Instagram and also though Whatsapp groups. Sounds like a great idea except that it isn't. If you book a performer through social media they are a one man band with no back up at all. If they cancel on you, they either simply cancel with no replacement or they don't show up at all - and if you pay them a deposit, good luck getting that back!

   The Solution - always book your Male Strippers through a reputable agent like Hens Knights! If a performer cancels we can offer you a replacement or your money back - a social media warrior can't. We don't hold on to strippers that let people down, are always late, don't show up or get rubbish feedback - a social media warrior won't purge the rubbish because it's him! You can be far more certain that your performer will show up, that he is who you are expecting and will deliver an entertaining show if you book through a reputable adult entertainment agency. Don't be tempted by a few dollars less in price!!!!