Nightlife Guide

2 Nightlife Guide Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 8th, 2024

Do you love the nightlife? Working as a nightlife guide can be a good business opportunity. Nightlife lovers are picky and always want to be at the happening clubs. As a nightlife guide, you can build a website that shares information about clubs in different parts of the world, particularly locations where nightlife is common.

You can earn from tourists who search for the best places for nightlife or bar owners and restaurateurs who want to advertise their bars and restaurants to reach more people.

In this list, you'll find real-world nightlife guide success stories and very profitable examples of starting a nightlife guide that makes money.

1. Denver Pub Crawl ($42K/year)

Tyler came up with the idea for Denver Pub Crawl after experiencing pub crawls in different countries during his travels. He noticed the differences in size and frequency of pub crawls between the US and Europe, and decided to bring the European-style pub crawl experience to Denver. By carefully researching and visiting bars, conducting test runs, and building relationships with partner bars, he successfully launched and grew the business despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

How much money it makes: $42K/year
How much did it cost to start: $450
How many people on the team: 1

On Starting A $3.5K/Month European-Style Pub Crawl Business In Denver

Denver Pub Crawl is a US-European hybrid experience for tourists and locals run by Tyler, with operations that not only were able to scale around variables like capacity and number of attendees, but also managed to grow his team from two part-time members to a team of four, including a paid intern, while answering the question of what the future looks like: continuing to push, grow, and create.

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2. PubClub.com ($24K/year)

Kevin Wilkerson came up with the idea for PubClub.com while in Amsterdam with a friend, realizing the importance of knowing not just where to go in a city, but when to be there. He started the lifestyle website to provide information on travel, nightlife, food and drink, festivals, and sports, and has since expanded it to generate approximately $2,000 a month from advertising with around 25k users per month. Through his background in journalism and PR, he has been able to publish quality content and attract partnerships with tourism boards.

How much money it makes: $24K/year
How many people on the team: 1

I Missed Out On A Party In Amsterdam. So, I Decided To Build A Profitable Tourist Guide Website

PubClub.com, a lifestyle website with information on travel, nightlife, food and drink, festivals, and sports around the world, generates approximately $2,000 a month from advertising and has approximately 25k users/month to its website, with founder Kevin Wilkerson starting the company in order to provide a unique concept for a tourism guide site.

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