School Trip to Morocco

Avid, unwanted male attention is a worldwide issue, not just Morocco

Yay so lovely for a young girl to “experience something new” by being non stop hassled by perves. Brilliant!

PC - How refreshingly open minded of you on such a fearful thread

It's not racism to want to protect your daughter from unwanted male attention, or worse.

Dd this year 8 summer had her best trip ever 4 miles from our house. They stayed at a local very grand private school for 4 nights did lots of fun organised activities with her friends games and it was a heatwave so they spent most of their time in the river swimming and paddleboarding. She really bonded with the supervising teachers came back high as a kite. Cost couple of hundred quid and minimal environmental cost too.

Honestly the load of absolute nonsense in this thread. Yes there are differences in culture, yes there are different rules and you will need to respect those but it’s a school trip, not a trip to some kind of jihadi paradise. Morocco is a lovely country, with lots of history and culture and great food.

If I had a child that age who had the opportunity to go on such a trip, I would be sending them. It’s important to learn differences and if she doesn’t like it, at least she’s experienced something new.

Why not find out what the plan is and read the Foreign office advice for travellers rather than jumping to immediate assumptions. ( I assume Iceland would have cost far more than £1000)

why don’t you read the foreign office advice? Note, I screen shot it further up the thread!

My DD went to Morocco for a Geography field trip pre GCSE and she had an amazing time, she is at uni studying Geography.

I had several concerns but it was with a reputable company who organise school trips plus DD's school have been going for years. They stayed in Marrakesh for the night. Then onto Imli in the Atlas Mountains for 3 nights in a small riad whilst they did their river field work then another night in Marrakesh. They also visited a girls school which is part of a charity and took presents of books, stationery etc.

What I was reassured by was the fact that they were escorted by local guides the whole trip, who apparently were lovely, and not just teachers.

I'm not sure I would be as happy with camping and especially as two young European girls were murdered. Having said that they were not on a guided trip and did not have any security. My DD only felt worried once in Marrakesh as a stall holder wouldn't take no from the girls and the local guide told the stall holder off very firmly.

I would be asking lots of questions about the security. Also be very aware that girls need to wear demure dress at all times, so baggy harem trousers and maxi skirts and no bare shoulders. My DD and her friends said it was the best school trip.

Lawandgin, terrorism is funny now?

My DD would like to go, but not sure if any of her friends will be going. It is very steep!

My friends is from Morocco and she says women get very badly treated there. They have very few rights.
it might be ok for a holiday.... and camping in the desert sounds absolutely amazing!!!
I have another friend (white British) who goes there on holiday and loves the place. She hasn't said anything bad about it.

Nope, No and No again!!!

Hope the school have told the parents that the children will need jabs atleast 6 weeks before they go!

Sounds great.
The other mums sound prejudiced.

But £1K for a school trip is extortionate

It's a no from me. I'd spend the grand taking her somewhere myself.

@CanopusMind why are you talking to me about terrorism? I've not made a comment on that.
Of course I've been catcalled & harassed in London, I just think it's on a different level & when I travelled there it was with another woman who was muslim & she also found it overwhelming. Perhaps some of us just have different experiences...

@Fastandlupine oh that's okay then 😂

Exactly my experience, even staying put in the hotel , constant leering, not good at all 🙁

Angel that was 4 years ago and an isolated incident

Bad stuff happens every where

In 2018 two Scandinavian young women were beheaded by ISIS in Atlas mountains.
If your daughter does go stress to her to stay with the group and not wander off. I was going to go this November but this really frightened me as they were just out hiking.

Terrorist attacks happen in the UK too.

I'm not really bothered about the terrorism risk.

Hassle happens in the UK too.

Who said otherwise? I grew up in a then rough part of London & was used to pimps & prostitution, but in my experience it's not comparable.

@toulet have I been what? I've lived in both places - I feel much safer terrorism wise in the Middle East (well most of the middle east), as a woman I get hassle in both countries - hassle to buy stuff in Morocco, more sexual harassment here.

I went out for a coffee a few weeks ago and I had three men approach me to try and join me - this was in Central London, I was updating my CV so clearly not interested in chatting.

In terms of being a woman, I feel much safer in Morocco than Dubai, Qatar etc.

I also feel the terrorism threat in London is much higher.

Glad you enjoyed it fast but it's a never again from me

My cousin and her DP took their DD there at age 13. They were constantly hassled both my cousin and her DD even though they were with her DP. They both felt unsafe and it totally spoilt the trip. I wouldn’t be sending my DD there.

No a chance in hell.