By Belladonna

1. Book the entertainment first. Consult with the entertainment about the place where you're going to do your party. Why? No. 1, because some people don't want to leave the Borough of Manhattan or the borough that they're in. That might cost you more money if the performers have to leave Manhattan. Or they might not want to do it. And that's the first priority, the entertainment, because what's a bachelor party without entertainment? Boring. Talk to the entertainers or the agency first before making arrangements with a hotel or bar's private room. Because you should work around the entertainers.

2. Call the agency and ask if they can accommodate you. If they can't then don't waste your time. Get them to sign an agreement when putting the deposit down. Make your wishes known. If you have your hearts set on a gorgeous blonde and an Asian - or no preference at all - then make that known. Or else you'll end up with two skanks that don't look anything like what you wanted. Or two girls of a totally different type that are totally hot for other guys' tastes, but not for you or the bachelor.

3. When you've consulted with the entertainers and found out what works best for them, then try and find the place that works for them. Tell them what you have in mind. If you're thinking about getting a private room in a bar, make sure it's OK with the owners. Tell the owners what you have in mind so it's no surprise to them the night of the bachelor party. Some places have the idea that a bachelor party will just be a girl dancing in a g-string. Or nude, but not doing anything hardcore. Some bars and restaurants will get pissed off if you bring in hardcore entertainment. You have to let them know if you're bringing in hardcore entertainment. If it's just regular, lame-o strippers, then I'm sure no one will have a problem with that.

4. Good agencies will be booked and busy. Unless it's a slow season and then everyone is available. If someone is too available, you have to ask yourself how good this person really is.

5. Make sure you give the girls enough notice. If you want to be picky, than you have to give the girls enough notice to fit you into their schedule. If they are any good, most likely they will be busy. Two or three weeks advance notice is good.

6. A weeknight is always better than a weekend. Some agencies will give you a discount on a weeknight. Some people will have more availability during the week. Fridays and Saturdays are usually the most popular days to have parties, remember that. Summer is the busy season. If your party is in the summer, you should give the girls as much notice as possible.

7. When picking a place, make sure there is a private place for the strippers to change. Give them the privacy to get dressed and freshen up. So if you have a private party room but not a private bathroom -- like ones that's shared with the rest of the bar -- that's a problem. The girls need a place to get ready. That makes it very inconvenient for the girls. It's also time consuming if they get to the party and they have no place to change, that's a little something to keep in mind. If you're doing a party in a public place, the girls need a place to change.

8. The management has to be OK with everything. Some people want to have their cake and eat it too. They want to have your party and take your money, but they don't want to make things convenient for the performers or the guys. They'll just block you off a little place in the bar, and you'll still have to use the same bathroom as everyone else in the bar. And everyone else knows your business, and that you're having a party. You have to ask yourself if that's something you really want? You want to use a place that has privacy.

9. A bachelor party is a very private thing. You want to have it in a private place, not in public. Do you honestly want your wife's or your girlfriend's friends seeing you going out from a bathroom and into a private party room with strippers? Where there are guys screaming and things like that?

10. Cameras! Cameras should be discussed in advance. I think that cameras should be like this: everyone has one at the party, or nobody has one. And then there's nobody sneaking around trying to take pictures. Girls don't want their pictures taken and a lot of guys don't either. If you bring a camera, ask permission before taking a picture, know the rules. If you start taking pictures, that's how fights happen. That's how strippers get pissed off in the middle of a good show and end a good party because someone snapped a picture. A very good example was a crazy drunken stripper was working one of my parties at a very nice restaurant in New Jersey. She had warned this guy, told him not take her picture. He went behind her back and kept snapping away. She took his camera and smashed it up against the wall and punched the guy out. Remember boys, we don't have to be big to knock you out! It's all about speed! Don't piss off the stripper!