I love some of your ideas, guys, and I will be borrowing them!
I use clubs a lot in my game and I find it one of the best, if not the best, new feature to the game.
I enjoy having control over my neighbourhoods and I use it as some mentioned to populate lots with sims I want to hang out there.
I also sometimes use it for taking care of my households' gardens or cleaning and repairing the homes. I usually have one called "Friendly Neighbours" that goes around fixing things, and cleaning, and helping out wherever needed. (Always leaving space for whatever sim I am playing so they can join the club and use the club benefits)
I also have at least 2 or 3 kids' clubs and a couple of teen ones. A Spa going club, and a hipster club that gathers at a coffee shop are also a must in my games.
One I love to create when I play a mixologist or chef is an "after work" club. Since working in the industry means to be off at fairly unsociable hours and such, I create a club for hospitality sims only. Where they meet at a cheap bar after work for some drinks a a game of darts or fuzzball. That is something I used to do in real life when I worked in hospitality and I love doing it in my game. Plus it gives the bar an atmosphere I love when visiting with other households.
Not long ago, I created an eco yoga retirement and since then, I have a "vegetarian wellness" club that gathers there some weekends to have a couple of days of healthy food and peaceful meditation.
