Things You'll Need:
- Start-up capital
- Secluded land
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Step 1
Organize a get-together with people in your circle who share your interest in nudism and see how many people can make a commitment to running a co-op nudist club. Ideally, you'll want at least 10 or 15 people, all of whom can equally share the burden of funding, keeping club records and making efforts to grow the club and increase its visibility.
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Step 2
Make some decisions about the specific features you want your club to offer. If you want to hold weekend-long retreats, for example, you'll need to think about securing premises that offer private accommodations for the expected number of guests. If you simply want to hold day events, you can find an isolated site in a natural setting, and then make arrangements to rent or lease it from its owner or controlling authority for the duration of your stay.
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Step 3
Tell the landholder or conservation authority about your plans to hold a nudist event on the site. If the landowner has any reservations about your intended use of the land, it's far better to learn about them ahead of time. You may be asked to sign waiver forms, clearing the landholder of any responsibility in the event that other people who may be using the land object to your practice.
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Step 4
Pool the resources of all the members of your co-op to promote the event in the nudist community (if you choose to do so). You may prefer to keep early events smaller, confined to the members of your co-op only, until you can work out any logistical kinks you may encounter.
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Step 5
Grow your club, exploring new venues and inviting new members as your efforts start to gain momentum. The larger your membership, the more opportunities will be available to your club. Just guard against the domination of the many by the few, if your co-operative club continues to get larger and larger--use a discussion format that allows everyone's voice to be heard to ensure your group truly remains a community effort.
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Step 1
Obtain a business license, if you need one, and incorporate your company according to the laws of your state. Check AllBusiness.com if you need advice on where or how to incorporate your company (see Resources below). Check with your state's Chamber of Commerce to see if there are any specific laws on the books regarding nudist clubs, where they may practice, and what they are and are not permitted to do.
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Step 2
Promote your new venture to the nudists you know. If you've never practiced nudism or have no ties to the nudist community, you'll face an uphill battle in getting your efforts to come to fruition, since nudist communities tend to be tight-knit. Outsiders will have a very difficult time gaining the favor of practicing nudists, particularly if they have trusted alternatives to your venture available to them already.
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Step 3
Use your start-up capital to obtain a permanent site for your nudist club, or structure your club so that members pay on a per-use basis, submitting fees only to take part in pre-planned events (which you will organize and sell at a profit). If you opt for the latter structure, you'll have to work to secure event facilities at a discounted rate, or provide some kind of additional services (live music, for example) to justify the inflated cost.
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Step 4
Grow your company through word of mouth, by targeting advertising to local nudist communities and by participating in naturist and nudist message boards particular to your region. NetNude.com features an excellent article detailing the many challenges you'll face as you try to start and operate a for-profit nudist club (see Resources below). The same principles that apply to launching any successful business apply here as well.
Comments
cheridonna said
on 6/14/2009 If you are interested in starting a landed park, you should after finding a piece of property, hire an engineer. You will need to see if that piece of land perks plus discover if it's flat enough in certain areas to support your ammenities such as volleyball, pool, etc.
Only after hiring or finding a friend who is an engineer should you go forward to find out what the laws in that community are as well as the zoning issues. You may not want to be in a very seclude area. You might be able to be a bit closer to town if you are well screened.
cheridonna said
on 6/14/2009 We have used the term NONLANDED rather than travel club for the past 5 or so years. This term will not confuse people as to what it is. Many nonlanded clubs were getting inquiries for itineraries to be set up for travel. I've been a nudist for over 40 of my 61 years and visited more than 50 clubs, parks, resorts, and beaches. I'm part of AANR's mentoring and marketing programs, which are at no cost to affiliated clubs. I am also part of TNS's NOVA program.
To have a sucessful nonlanded club, you will spend a great deal of time to keep it viable. Travelites, my club, is going into its 24th year. You will need to have a real name associated with the club and go to the various online nudist communities such as Skinbook (http://skinbook.ning.com) as well as Netnude (www.netnude.com), Clothes Free at www.clothesfree.com as well as Naturist Family at naturistFamily.net to post upcomi...
trucker2013 said
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