Of course, there is one more option... start a gathering!
Yeah, it takes work, but I call it fun work, and it is more than worth it!
When I was married to a ticklee in upstate New York, we ran four small but very successful gatherings at our home (and, of course, whatever happened in the hotel). We stole from the nomenclature of NEST, and called it NYST: the New York Society of Ticklephiles. Good times...