Tipping In Morocco - A Complete Guide
Quick Guide
🍽️ Restaurant - 10% If No Service Charge
☕️ Café - 5-10% or Round Up To Next DH5-10
🥘 Street Food - DH10
🖋️ Henna Tattoo Artist - DH10
🚕 Petite Taxi - Round Up to Next DH5-10
🚕 Grand Taxi - Not Expected (Fixed Fare)
📸 Tour Guide - 5-10%
🏛️ Museum Guide - DH10-20pp
🐪 Camel/Horse Ride - DH10-20pp
🛎️ Porter/Bellhop - DH10/Bag
🛏️ Housekeeping - DH10-20/Day Optional
🍹 Bar - 10% If No Service Charge
🅿️ Parking Attendant - DH5-10
⛽️ Fuel Attendant - DH2-4
🚽 Bathroom Attendant - DH2-4
🫧 Hammam - DH20-50/Attendant If Moderate/Luxury
In Morocco, you’ll generally tip small amounts frequently to a wide range of service providers. Remember, many earn a poor wage so even small tips can make a big difference.
In any case, only tip for good service. Many will ask for tips in return for menial work. If you don’t want their service, keep things civil, be polite and just say “no thank you”.
Calculate a culturally appropriate tip for Morocco using the calculator below and read on for more detail on tipping in Restaurants, Cafés, Bars, Taxis, Hotels etc.
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Tipping in Restaurants
If you’re in Casablanca or another large city in Morocco, stick to 10% if it’s a nice restaurant. Elsewhere, 7-10%.
If you’re just eating a quick meal, 5 Dirhams is fine.
You’ll usually need to grab the waiters attention to get your bill, then just pay and place a cash tip on the table when you leave.
Whilst cards are becoming more widely accepted, it’s still better to tip in cash to ensure your server gets the benefit.
Tipping in Cafés
If you’re eating in a cafe or local eatery, you can simply round up your bill to the nearest whole number or tip 5-10%.
Markets, Street Food and Henna Tattoos
If you’re buying from a market stall, haggling is common so you don’t need to tip. Just try to pay a fair price and don’t be cheap.
Taking photos of market stalls? It’s polite to tip the vendor around 5-10 Dirhams (unless the shopkeeper has a sign with a suggested tip - more common in tourist areas).
For street food, tip about 10 Dirhams .
Likewise, tip a Henna Tattoo Artist around 10 Dirhams. But first, ensure they’re not using PPD or ‘Black Henna’. If they are, steer clear.
PPD is commonly used as a darkening agent to create ‘Black Henna’ and it’s known to cause sometimes severe allergic reactions.
Tipping Taxi Drivers
For Petite Taxis (small taxis in cities for up to 3 people), simply round up to the next 5-10 Dirhams but only tip if there’s a meter and you believe you’re being charged a fair price. If there isn’t a meter, your taxi driver may be trying to take advantage of you by charging you a higher fare.
For example, if the meter says 12 Dirhams, you could pay 15.
For Grand Taxis (taxis for in or between cities for up to 6 people), you’ll be charged a fixed fare and your driver won’t expect a tip.
If you’re taking an airport transfer, you may want to tip more (20-40 Dirhams per person).
Tipping The Porter/Bellhop
Whether you’re staying in a hotel, riad or guest house, your porter will expect a tip of 10 Dirhams per bag.
Tipping Housekeeping
Tipping housekeeping is optional but appreciated. Tip 10-20 Dirhams per day or around 100 Dirhams per week.
Some hotels or riads have a shared tipping policy but it’s often best to tip staff directly to make sure they’re properly rewarded for the specific service they’ve provided.
Tipping Tour Guides, Museum Guides & Camel Rides
It’s best to tip your tour guide 5-10% if they’ve been provided you with good service, information and/or entertainment.
Alternatively, keep things simple and tip 100 Dirhams per person for a half-day tour, 150pp for a full-day tour or 200pp per day for a multi-day tour.
Moroccan tour guides will always appreciate a tip and the reality is they do rely on them to supplement their income.
If you get a museum guide or take a camel/horseback ride, tip 10-20 Dirhams per person.
Which Currency To Use
The Dirham (MAD) is the official currency of Morocco and you’ll have to stick to that. You may be able to use Dollars/Euros/Pounds when making certain large purchases but don’t count on it in most situations.
Cards are becoming more widely accepted but it’s always better to tip in cash so keep plenty of notes/coins on hand (ATMs are widely available).
Just bear in mind you may struggle to get change if you pay for a small item with a large note (e.g. buying an item costing 10 Dirhams with a 100 Dirham bill).
“سفر ممتع” (safar mumti) - Have a good trip! 🇲🇦 🕌 🐪
