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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 3242856" data-attributes="member: 12449">Logistics & CostsTo assist anybody planning a similar trip, just a quick words on costs, etc, before the actual report.My flights to and from Marrakech were on Ryan Air, arriving early both ways and very well-priced at 47 euros per person outward and just 29 euros return. Car rental was also organized via the Ryan website and cost 130 euros for nine days, the car supplied by Hertz and brand new. However, they ripped me off by adding a 45 euro 'cleaning fee' for returning the car moderately dusty. We only stayed in two hotels, both costing approximately 11 euros for doubles, otherwise we wild camped each night. Any trip incorporating both Morocco and the Western Sahara is going to see the kilometers whizz by, the Marrakech-Dakhla route alone chalking up 1400 km each way. If returning to Dakhla during the day, each of the night drives on the Aoussard road gobbles up another 300 or 400 km. Thus, it was no surprise to find that we covered 4615 km over the nine days. Fuel cost about 0.70 euro/litre in the Western Sahara and 1.05/litre in Morocco, with my entire fuel bill coming to 220 euro.In the Western Sahara, there are military checkpoints at regular intervals where all passport and personal details are logged - the soldiers are all very friendly, but it saves a lot of time if you carry a dozen or so photocopies of a paper with your name, address, profession and passport details clearly identifiable in French.Elsewhere, there is a very heavy police presence on the roads of Morocco, roadblocks are frequent and very active guys with radars wait at seemingly every other small town. There don't log passport details, but if you are a few kilometers over the sometimes unclear speed limit, your budget will be dented by about 28 euros, more if going very fast. And be warned, the guy with the radar is often a lone guy sitting in the street somewhere or concealed behind bushes who radios the next checkpoint where you get stopped!</blockquote>

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