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Last week return ticket with open return 62€. 1 person and a motorbike. Just do it in transmediterranea webpage

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Thanks chaps - very useful posts.

A quick question: do you need to take your own straps for the ferry?

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No, you don't, and they will strap the bike for you.
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Fantastic!

And thanks for replying.
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Welcome to Morocco

have all paperwork readily at hand, smile, don't make stupid comments, keep it a pleasant business interaction. Be ready for lots of paperwork, stamping procedures, have a lot of small denomination EUROs or Durhams if you can get them beforehand for "tips!"

Greet "the man" in French, Spanish or Arabic. Be sure to thank everyone. Don't display anything of value, or money openly, i.e. flashing the bankroll. Answer all questions immediately & directly, don't talk too much. If you have been there before let them know & that is the reason you have come back.
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Skip the tips, which just make it worse for everyone who follows.

If someone really does a heroic service (or if you're hiring private helpers, who are not necessary), tip appropriately. But to bring "a lot" of euros or dirham for this purpose is definitely not necessary (and I'm being polite).

The rest--being polite, saying hello and thanks, keeping calm, not flashing money around--is totally on-target.

Mileage varies, as they say.

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Absolutely no need to pay anyone anything entering or leaving Morocco

With the latest TIP systems theres little more paperwork stamping to do than any where else. Passport on the ferry. Drive to customs hand over V5 have a chat and a laugh with the authorities ad over travellers, get TIP and V5 back and leave

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May be a change to procedure to get into Morocco with a vehicle
Travelled Algeciras-Tánger Med on 17th June 2019 with FRS.

On board, two immigration officials, one doing the exit Spain stamp the other doing the entering Morocco stamp and taking white entry form.

Then to another window, still on ferry, official issuing the credit card size card with bike details.

Exiting boat had to show passport and bike card 3 times enroute to exit.
Took under 10 minutes from exiting boat (with document checks) to money exchange and Assurance Aux Frontiere.

It’s a long way from boat to the exit.
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Sounds like great news. Should ease congestion at customs on land, especially when two or more ferries arrive at once.

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...It’s a long way from boat to the exit.
Good that you mentioned that, because it can be a bit of a surprise / cause for confusion for folks arriving in Tangier Med for the first time.

If I recall correctly, it's about 1 kilometer from getting off the ferry to arriving at the customs post, and about another 1.5 kilometers after that before you get to the exit from the port.

In other words... the port is HUGE, bigger than any European port I know of, pay careful attention to the many (very clear) signs that guide you where to go.

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Interesting development to speed up entry procedures.

Hopefully they'll stick with it unlike the streamlined exit procedure of a few years ago that were abandoned
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just remembered that I received a news email from Tanger med, they have a very busy period just after Ramadan and also at the end of the summer.

Doing all the paperwork on the ferry may be related to that rather than permanent. Guess we'll find out once autumn rush starts
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€180 from Carlos today. Ferry 2 hours late (no surprise)

Reported elsewhere earlier this summer that vehicle paperwork was done on the ferry. Not the case today, new procedure at the normal customs location. Hand over registration and passport, get credit card thing back. All done and out in 15 minutes


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I made the crossing Algeciras-Tangier Med towards the end of April 2019. As mentioned before, Moroccan imigation official was on the ferry to stamp your passport - easy peasy. This was the 4:00 ferry, only about 10 cars and me with a bike. After riding up the long switchbacks to the customs gate I was told to go to a certain lane, which I did and then sat there, ignored, for about an hour as some of the cars were searched by a couple of guys, while about a half dozen other customs guys just stood around. Eventually a customs officer walked up to me and told me that this wasn't his "line", but that he would take care of me (in very polite French, not sure if he even spoke English). He asked for my passport and bike papers, walked into a building, came back out a few minutes later with my documents and a small card that I was to not lose and show if I was ever stopped, and when leaving the country.

All done, but the port was pretty deserted by then, no money changers, no insurance offices, nothing. There wasn't much of anything at all til I got over the mountains into the vicinity of Tetouan. At the end of the trip, I saw there was quite a bit more stuff between Tangier Med and Tangier town, so it would be wise to go that way if your looking for insurance, money, or gas.
Also, when leaving the country, get to the port at least three hours before sailing. Everything backs up since they run a giant scanner over every vehicle on a pad that holds maybe one semi or five cars/bikes at a time. Ignore all the guys that run up to you saying they will "process" you through and go to the ferry office and customs/immigation on your own. As everywhere in Morocco - if they speak English, they are just out to scam some money off the tourists.
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Last sentence is a bit harsh. I’ve been travelling to Morocco regularly for nearly 20 years an generally find people to be friendly, polite and helpful.

Anyway, only a dozen cars on the 9am ferry to TangerMed this morning and six of those were ours.
White forms still required for now on the boat. Will report back regarding yellow forms in exit in a couple of weeks.

Through customs and on our way in 15 minutes. The douaniers were so short of work they got us to open our roof tents.

No requirement for new drivers to visit police booth for passport composting.

Port very quiet with only six or so vehicles leaving.

Now having a glass of wine by the fire in the cedar forest. Still 18C and no breeze.

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