Quickie Tips for Clubbing Etiquette

If you're on your way to a nightclub in London this weekend but haven't been partying for quite some time, you may want to brush up on nightclub etiquette before you hit the line. Things have changed since the 1990s ... today we give you a few quick tips for fitting in at your fave club in London!

Dress the part

Be yourself ... but not your Sunday morning tracksuited self! These few tips will make it easy to remember:

• Dresses or skirts for girls
• Shirts, slacks and enclosed leather or leather look shoes for guys
• Keep the chest plumage to a minimum
• Ditto the flesh for gals ... at least for your first couple of weeks back!
• Brush and style your hair - I'm talking to you, boys!

The bill-palm

Should you try to get into a London nightclub a bit quicker by slipping a bill to the bouncer? While this is standard practices in some clubs, and more common in some parts of the world than others, I don't recommend you do it when you’re just reintroducing yourself to the club scene. Some bouncers will take quite a bit of offense to this!

Mix your drinks

And by this, I mean mix up your proportion of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Being drunk means you are far more likely to commit one of the other mortal nightclub sins a little further down the list...

Not recognizing the word 'No'

Few bouncers have any tolerance for guys that don't listen to the word 'No' from girls. Yes, they are at a nightclub. No, that doesn’t mean that they must automatically want to sleep with someone, and that someone should be you.

Keep your limbs to yourself

Mostly something to remember on the dance floor ... even innocent touches from uncoordinated dancing can be interpreted badly.

Do a bit of dance practice before you get there

People are no longer doing the Stayin' Alive finger point move ... unfortunately! Check out a few more up-to-date dance instruction DVDs before you hit the clubs, and remember only the moves that feel the most natural to you.

Food, drink and smokes

Be very careful with all of the above ... there will be some expensive dresses floating about your nightclub in London, and nobody wants sauce, beer or cigarette burns in theirs.