Moroccan currency
 

I will traveling to Casbalanca next month. Can anyone tell me if the souks and market vendors take US $ or do they prefer dirham?
Thanks

On my autumn 2001 trip to Morocco the hotel I stayed at was happy to take either French francs or dirhams. They'd probably take euros now.

But in the souks, restaurants, cafés, stores, etc., I never saw anyone dealing with any other currency than dirhams.

Hi amm,

Almost anyone in the world will take USD at an exchange rate extremely unfavorable to you.

PS,

An acquaintance recently told me that on a trip to Quebec city he was pleased to find a French restaurant that allowed him to pay with USD traveler's checks instead of Canadian dollars at a 1:1 exchange.

I told him that he was lucky to have found such convenience.

ira, you're bad. :-D

I was in Morocco in January 2004 and as others have said, it's always best to pay in the local currency. If you pay in US$, they will charge a premium for their time and trouble of exchanging, and rightfully so. Once you're in Morocco, don't spend a lot of time shopping around for the best exchange because it's regulated by the government and s/b the same everywhere on any given day.