There are lots of different kinds of socials.
Those that are just in pubs possibly a private room or main area where discretion is needed. These are mainly for chatting and puting faces to names. I do also think it maybe best to let the pub landlord discretely know where you are from before hand as in the past it has been known that landlords have asked all to leave. We have added a friday evening to our Coventry weekend for people who prefer that sort of contact.
Then there are socials that are like our saturday night Coventry one that provides a disco and the venue is exclusively for our use. We ask for a donation toward the cost of the overheads and all left over monies goes to charity. (If you wish to make monies out of a social and charge they need to be advertised in the comercial event part of the forum.) Lots stay in hotels when they attend and we advise people to organise their ' play time' in the hotels before hand to save dissapointments. No play at all in the venue though a lot of flirting etc goes on within our safety rules.
Then there are socials in a swingers club. These are organised by making arrangements with the club before hand. Things to be taken into concideration are the club rules on entry i.e. couples night, BBW night, singles night, cost of entering and joining plus if the club will waver that fee for people on the social list who are not members. The list would probably need to be presented to the club before hand and numbers may be limited by the owners.
All this depends on how big a social you wish to hold and how much effort and time you have to communicate and keep a record of who what where and when etc. Also take into concideration that some people may not turn up for whatever reason and may not be polite enough to contact you so if you want this event to be a regular one set out some simple rules and stick to them. i e if people dont let me know they wont be attending then they are politely asked not to request a space on next social..
I do wish you luck with whatever you wish to do and you will be more than welcome to join us in Coventry to actually sound people out face to face on the interest of a swingers club social.
PS you may like to read the advice on the Coventry social post i popped up. All of it has been posted out of past experience π any other questions dont hesitate to ask xx