{"id":19084,"date":"2026-07-04T22:14:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/?p=19084"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:50:24","slug":"renting-a-car-in-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/en\/africa\/renting-a-car-in-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"Renting a car in Morocco \u2013 before you leave the parking lot"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19084\" class=\"elementor elementor-19084 elementor-19035\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-681c493 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"681c493\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feb6220 elementor-toc--minimized-on-desktop elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"feb6220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h4&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;,&quot;h6&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of contents\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__feb6220\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__feb6220\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__feb6220\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M500 975V858C696 858 858 696 858 500S696 142 500 142 142 304 142 500H25C25 237 238 25 500 25S975 237 975 500 763 975 500 975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cbba60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cbba60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Hi! \ud83d\udc4b<\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Before you landed here, you\u2019ve probably already read somewhere that renting a car in Morocco is a great idea. And yes \u2014 that\u2019s true, but with an asterisk. Online, there are plenty of stories about scooter riders hitting rental cars and disappearing before you can even react, rental companies that suddenly \u201cdiscover\u201d damage once you hand back the keys, and police who are happy to issue cash fines, not always with a receipt.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">We\u2019ve been through some of that ourselves. We won\u2019t spoil it all right away \u2014 step by step.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">If you\u2019re just getting to know us and have no idea how we ended up in Morocco in the first place, first check out our posts about <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"linkhttps:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/en\/africa\/marrakesh-impressions-our-impressions\/\">Marrakech<\/a> and <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/en\/africa\/essaouira-what-to-see-practical-guide\/\">Essaouira<\/a>. Here we\u2019re focusing only on the car \u2014 what to sign, what not to sign, and why 145 PLN for a week-long rental should set off alarm bells straight away.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e862ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e862ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Is renting a car even worth it?<\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">That depends on what you want from the trip. If you\u2019re flying to Marrakech for three days, want to walk through the medina, eat tagine, and head back home \u2014 you don\u2019t need a car. You can see the city on foot or use the inDrive app. But if you want to go beyond Marrakech, head to the Atlantic, the mountains, or the south \u2014 without your own transport, you\u2019ll be relying on someone else\u2019s goodwill and bus timetables. And we don\u2019t like traveling that way.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">You can also come to Morocco in your own car \u2014 driving from Poland through Spain and taking the ferry from Tarifa to Tangier is a real option for a longer trip. But if you\u2019re flying in, renting on the spot just makes sense. You land, pick up the keys, and you\u2019re free. With one asterisk, which we\u2019ll get to in a second.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">That asterisk is Moroccan roads. The stats are blunt \u2014 Morocco has more than <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.szkola-jazdy.pl\/surwiwal-w-wersji-marokanskiej-raport-z-podrozy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">80 thousand road accidents<\/a> a year, with a population similar to Poland, which has half as many. Moroccan officials themselves describe it as a \u201csocio-economic cataclysm.\u201d Those words aren\u2019t accidental.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">We\u2019ve rented cars in more than a dozen countries, so we usually know more or less what to expect. Morocco was only our second time in Africa, and we won\u2019t pretend that the warning light wasn\u2019t flashing pretty clearly when we made the booking. Even so, we went into it knowingly \u2014 with experience, insurance, and a sense of how to get money back if things go wrong. If this had been our first time ever renting a car, we might have thought twice.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">So what about the road chaos? Outside the city, it was actually fine. The roads between Marrakech and Essaouira were in good shape, traffic was light, and driving was pleasant. Motorways and express roads were calmer still. The problem starts when you enter a city \u2014 literally at the first intersection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa46e40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa46e40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Where to look and what to compare<\/h2><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">In our case, we start with a comparison site \u2014 most often <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.carrentalnet.com?promo=45t97gvzcz2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Economy Car Rentals<\/a> (we used to use Rental Cars) \u2014 and then we also check what other brokers are showing. The point is to see the whole market, because the same car from the same rental company can have different prices depending on who you book through. There\u2019s no single oracle here \u2014 open a few tabs.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">When we choose an offer, one rule is non-negotiable: <strong>deposit by credit card only<\/strong>. Not cash, not bank transfer. A credit card gives you chargeback \u2014 a real tool for getting your money back if the rental company starts playing games after you return the car. If a company decides to keep your cash deposit, chances are you\u2019ll never see that money again.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">If you come across an offer with no deposit at all \u2014 that\u2019s not a bargain, that\u2019s a red flag (again, at least for us). A rental company like that has nothing to lose, which means you can run into problems at drop-off you haven\u2019t even imagined.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b13c6ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_gallery_masonry\" data-id=\"b13c6ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_image_gallery_masonry.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-image-gallery-masonry qodef-qi-fslightbox-popup qodef-popup-gallery qodef-image--hover-zoom qodef-qi-grid qodef-layout--qi-masonry qodef-items--fixed qodef-col-num--1 qodef-responsive--predefined\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-grid-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-qi-grid-masonry-sizer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"qodef-e qodef-image-wrapper qodef-grid-item qodef-item--landscape\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-e-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"qodef-popup-item\" itemprop=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/morocco-our-car-point-of-view.jpeg\" data-type=\"image\" data-fslightbox=\"gallery-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/morocco-our-car-point-of-view-1300x650.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_landscape size-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_landscape\" alt=\"Interior view of a Dacia car being driven on a rural road, with a phone mounted on the dashboard showing navigation\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c61179 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c61179\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">What to check when choosing a rental company<\/h3><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Besides the price and deposit, there are a few things to check before you click \u201cbook\u201d:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Reviews<\/strong> \u2014 Google Maps, Trustpilot, travel forums. If most reviews are screaming \u201cthey charged me extra after I returned the car\u201d \u2014 believe them.<\/li><li><strong>Spare wheel<\/strong> \u2014 in Morocco, a flat tire is a very real possibility, especially off asphalt. Some rental companies hand over cars without a spare wheel and without a repair kit. Check at pickup.<\/li><li><strong>Constat amiable<\/strong> \u2014 the French accident statement form. Ask for it when you pick up the keys. If the rental company looks at you like you\u2019re speaking nonsense \u2014 that also tells you something about the company. Or just print it yourselves while you\u2019re still at home.<\/li><li><strong>Fuel policy<\/strong> \u2014 pick up with a full tank, return with a full tank. Other versions are usually a trap.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">If you want to support what we do, you can use our Economy Car Rentals link \u2014 nothing changes for you, and we get a small commission from the booking:<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.carrentalnet.com?promo=45t97gvzcz2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Economy Car Rentals \u2013 check prices in Morocco<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb69444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb69444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Documents and requirements<\/h2><p class=\"p1\">We didn\u2019t need any exotic documents to rent a car in Morocco, but you do need to have a few things ready. Best not to check that only at the rental desk, when someone is already holding your reservation and things are starting to get tense.<\/p><p class=\"p2\">We had with us:<\/p><ul><li><span class=\"s1\"><b>passport<\/b><\/span> \u2014 you can\u2019t enter Morocco with a Polish ID card;<\/li><li><span class=\"s1\"><b>Polish driving licence<\/b><\/span> \u2014 for a tourist stay, it should be enough;<\/li><li><span class=\"s1\"><b>international driving permit<\/b><\/span> \u2014 it doesn\u2019t replace your national licence, but it can make things easier with the rental company or the police;<\/li><li><span class=\"s1\"><b>credit card in the main driver\u2019s name<\/b><\/span> \u2014 for the deposit hold;<\/li><li><span class=\"s1\"><b>car reservation and rental terms<\/b><\/span> \u2014 ideally saved offline on your phone;<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">The licence issue is a little less obvious. A Polish driving licence is recognized in Morocco for a short tourist stay, <a href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/en\/guides\/what-is-an-international-driving-permit-and-when-is-it-needed\/\">but we still brought<\/a> <span class=\"s1\"><b>an international driving permit<\/b><\/span>. We\u2019d do the same again. It\u2019s a cheap document, and it can save you a pointless argument if you end up with a rental company that has its own rules or a road check where nobody feels like decoding a European document.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Also make scans or photos of your documents: passport, driving licence, reservation. Not so you can show them instead of the originals, because that probably won\u2019t work, but so you have something on hand if you lose anything.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The second important thing is a <span class=\"s1\"><b>credit card<\/b><\/span>. For us, that\u2019s non-negotiable. We use rental companies that block the deposit on a credit card, not ones asking for cash in hand. Cash sounds simple only until there\u2019s a dispute at drop-off over a scratch, a chip, or \u201cnew\u201d damage. Then suddenly you have no real leverage at all.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">With a credit card, at least you can try to start a <span class=\"s1\"><b>chargeback<\/b><\/span>, which means disputing the transaction through your bank. In simple terms: you report that the charge was unjustified or didn\u2019t match the service, and the bank opens a dispute with the card network and the merchant.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The minimum driver age depends on the rental company. In Morocco, the limit is usually <span class=\"s1\"><b>21\u201323 years old<\/b><\/span>, but for bigger cars, SUVs, automatics, or more expensive models, the company may require <span class=\"s1\"><b>25 years old<\/b><\/span> and a few years of holding a licence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b84563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b84563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Insurance<\/h2><p class=\"p1\">When you rent a car, you need to separate two things that often get thrown into one bucket: <span class=\"s1\"><b>the car\u2019s insurance<\/b><\/span> and <span class=\"s1\"><b>insurance for your excess \/ deposit<\/b><\/span>. Those are not the same thing.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The rental car usually already has basic insurance. Without that, a normal company shouldn\u2019t be letting the car onto the road at all. The problem starts when there\u2019s damage, because even if the car is insured, the rental company can still charge you up to the excess amount \u2014 the sum you\u2019re responsible for out of your own pocket.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The simplest way to look at it is this:<\/p><ul><li><span class=\"s1\"><b>car insurance<\/b><\/span> \u2014 protects the vehicle itself;<\/li><li><span class=\"s1\"><b>excess<\/b><\/span> \u2014 the maximum amount the rental company can take from you if there\u2019s damage;<\/li><li><span class=\"s1\"><b>deposit<\/b><\/span> \u2014 a hold on your card as security for the rental company;<\/li><li><span class=\"s1\"><b>excess insurance<\/b><\/span> \u2014 a policy you can later use to recover the money if the rental company charges you for damage.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">And here\u2019s the main catch: excess insurance usually <span class=\"s1\"><b>does not mean the rental company won\u2019t take anything from you<\/b><\/span>.<\/p><p class=\"p2\">Most often, it works like this:<\/p><ul><li>the rental company blocks the deposit on your card;<\/li><li>if there\u2019s damage, it takes part or all of that amount;<\/li><li>you collect the documents from the rental company;<\/li><li>then you report the case to your insurer;<\/li><li>the insurer reviews it and may reimburse you.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">So this isn\u2019t a shield against the rental company at the desk. Think of it more as a way to recover money after the fact.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">We covered the deposit with that kind of external protection through a policy in Revolut. In our case, the insurance was handled by xCover. This isn\u2019t an ad for Revolut, because nobody is paying us for it. We just use it, so we\u2019re describing our own case. And does that kind of policy work in real life, not just in the app? We\u2019ll get to that below, because we actually had to use it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c10091 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c10091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Picking up the car \u2014 how not to get caught out<\/h2><p class=\"p1\">Picking up the car is the moment when it\u2019s easy to wave things off, because you\u2019re tired after the flight, you want to get moving, and you don\u2019t feel like walking around the car with your phone. We do the opposite: the more someone is in a hurry, the slower we inspect the car.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">When you rent a car, the most important thing is the <span class=\"s1\"><b>pickup report<\/b><\/span>. Every scratch, dent, crack, chip, damaged rim, or dirty mark that could later be treated as damage should be written into the documents. Not just agreed \u201cverbally.\u201d If something isn\u2019t in the report, it may suddenly become your damage at drop-off.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">At pickup, we always take photos and a video. Just with the phone, nothing fancy. What matters is that you can see the whole car and close-ups of the damage.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">We check, one by one:<\/p><ul><li>the front of the car, the hood, and the bumper;<\/li><li>the rear bumper and the trunk lid;<\/li><li>all doors and sills;<\/li><li>the roof, if it can be checked properly;<\/li><li>windows and mirrors;<\/li><li>rims and tires;<\/li><li>lights;<\/li><li>the interior, seats, dashboard, and trunk;<\/li><li>fuel level;<\/li><li>mileage;<\/li><li>any equipment listed in the contract.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">At pickup, don\u2019t let anyone brush you off with \u201cthat\u2019s just a small scratch\u201d or \u201cthat\u2019s normal.\u201d Maybe it is normal \u2014 in that case, it should be normally written into the report. If the employee doesn\u2019t want to add something, we take a photo, record a video, and ideally send it straight away by email or WhatsApp to the rental company so there\u2019s a dated trail.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The safest fuel policy is <span class=\"s1\"><b>full to full<\/b><\/span>. We pick it up full, return it full, and take a photo of the fuel gauge and the receipt from the last fill-up. If the rental company tops it up after return, the price can be much higher than at a normal station, and then they add a service fee on top.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">If there\u2019s a conflict at drop-off, don\u2019t sign anything you don\u2019t agree with. If someone tries to add damage you didn\u2019t cause, ask them to show it to you at the car, compare it with your pickup video, and write your objection into the document. The point isn\u2019t to start a scene \u2014 just not to confirm with your own signature something that later becomes the basis for charging your card.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd40e27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_gallery_masonry\" data-id=\"fd40e27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_image_gallery_masonry.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-image-gallery-masonry qodef-qi-fslightbox-popup qodef-popup-gallery qodef-image--hover-zoom qodef-qi-grid qodef-layout--qi-masonry qodef-items--fixed qodef-col-num--1 qodef-responsive--predefined\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-grid-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-qi-grid-masonry-sizer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"qodef-e qodef-image-wrapper qodef-grid-item qodef-item--landscape\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-e-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"qodef-popup-item\" itemprop=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/morocco-road-sign.jpeg\" data-type=\"image\" data-fslightbox=\"gallery-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/morocco-road-sign-1300x650.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_landscape size-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_landscape\" alt=\"Moroccan road sign directing straight ahead to Casablanca and Agadir, and left to As-Suwayha, set along a rural roadside\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b62745 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b62745\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Driving in Morocco \u2014 what it\u2019s like<\/h2><p>Hmmm&#8230; xD Not everywhere is the same.\u00a0The motorway between big cities and driving through the middle of Marrakech are two completely different experiences, so it makes no sense to throw them into one bucket.<\/p><p>City driving is the hardest&#8230; Not because cars are driving completely without rules, because cars are still fairly predictable. The biggest problem is two-wheelers: scooters, small motorcycles, bicycles, and everything that fits between the lanes. They can appear on the left, on the right, in front of your hood, while you\u2019re turning, at a roundabout, while parking.<\/p><p>That\u2019s why we drove defensively in the city (as you\u2019ll read below, that doesn\u2019t always save you). This isn\u2019t about panicking \u2014 just constantly assuming that someone is about to do something weird. Especially when turning right, changing lanes, and moving off from the lights. One glance in the mirror isn\u2019t enough there. You need to check the side of the car several times, because a scooter can slip into a space that wasn\u2019t there a second earlier.<\/p><p>Outside the city, things get noticeably calmer. On longer stretches, Morocco is actually pretty nice to drive in, as long as you understand what kind of road you\u2019re on. Motorways are the easiest: toll roads, well maintained, with booths and a normal pace of traffic. That\u2019s not where we had the biggest stress.<\/p><p>The biggest difference starts on single-carriageway roads. On the map they can look harmless, but in practice the travel time gets much longer than the distance would suggest. The road itself may be fine, but then you add trucks, towns, roundabouts, limited-speed sections, animals, pedestrians, and local traffic. Suddenly 180 km isn\u2019t \u201ca couple of hours\u201d \u2014 it\u2019s a proper part of the day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a722d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a722d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2080\">Types of roads<\/h3><p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2080\">In Morocco, you\u2019ll come across a few types of roads:<\/p><ul data-start=\"2082\" data-end=\"2518\"><li data-section-id=\"n6dkqh\" data-start=\"2082\" data-end=\"2190\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autoroutes_of_Morocco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"2084\" data-end=\"2098\">autoroutes<\/strong><\/a>, meaning motorways \u2014 toll roads, usually the best in terms of quality, with the limit most often up to <strong data-start=\"2177\" data-end=\"2189\">120 km\/h<\/strong>;<\/li><li data-section-id=\"qazd4r\" data-start=\"2191\" data-end=\"2302\"><strong data-start=\"2193\" data-end=\"2210\">voies express<\/strong>, meaning faster roads \u2014 not motorway level, but better than ordinary local routes;<\/li><li data-section-id=\"mx7cpy\" data-start=\"2303\" data-end=\"2408\"><strong data-start=\"2305\" data-end=\"2326\">routes nationales<\/strong>, meaning national roads \u2014 often the main single-carriageway routes between cities;<\/li><li data-section-id=\"9a56gp\" data-start=\"2409\" data-end=\"2518\"><strong data-start=\"2411\" data-end=\"2447\">routes r\u00e9gionales <\/strong>and <strong data-start=\"2411\" data-end=\"2447\">provinciales<\/strong> \u2014 regional and local roads, where the quality can vary a lot.<\/li><\/ul><p>This breakdown matters when you\u2019re planning a route. If Google Maps shows a similar distance, but one option goes by motorway and the other by national and regional roads, in Morocco that\u2019s not just the difference between a \u201cnicer route.\u201d It can be the difference between a calm drive and one through towns, behind trucks, and with constant slowing down.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e030d4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_gallery_masonry\" data-id=\"e030d4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_image_gallery_masonry.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-image-gallery-masonry qodef-qi-fslightbox-popup qodef-popup-gallery qodef-image--hover-zoom qodef-qi-grid qodef-layout--qi-masonry qodef-items--fixed qodef-col-num--1 qodef-responsive--predefined\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-grid-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-qi-grid-masonry-sizer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"qodef-e qodef-image-wrapper qodef-grid-item qodef-item--landscape\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-e-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"qodef-popup-item\" itemprop=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/morocco-road.jpeg\" data-type=\"image\" data-fslightbox=\"gallery-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/morocco-road-1300x650.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_landscape size-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_landscape\" alt=\"A Moroccan country road winding through green hills under a cloudy sky\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c119907 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c119907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"2865\" data-end=\"2908\">Road rules<\/h3><p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"2865\" data-end=\"2908\">Speed limits usually look like this:<\/p><ul data-start=\"2910\" data-end=\"3114\"><li data-section-id=\"1gpdmfk\" data-start=\"2910\" data-end=\"2944\"><strong data-start=\"2912\" data-end=\"2943\">up to 120 km\/h on motorways<\/strong>;<\/li><li data-section-id=\"1tmzu1z\" data-start=\"2945\" data-end=\"2988\"><strong data-start=\"2947\" data-end=\"2987\">up to 100 km\/h outside built-up areas<\/strong>;<\/li><li data-section-id=\"e4vrad\" data-start=\"2989\" data-end=\"3114\"><strong data-start=\"2991\" data-end=\"3040\">around 40\u201360 km\/h in cities and towns<\/strong> \u2014 always watch the signs, because the limits can change quickly.<\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"3116\" data-end=\"3706\">And here\u2019s the important part: in Morocco, you really do need to watch your speed. Radar checks are common, including in cities, at the entrances to towns, and on roads that look \u201cempty.\u201d Police can stand there with a handheld radar, and a bit farther on they stop drivers. We wouldn\u2019t count on the Polish approach of \u201ca few extra km\/h will slide.\u201d We got a fine for going 6 km\/h over, and there was no margin for error in the measurement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98064f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98064f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>How much does it cost?<\/h2><p>Car rental prices in Morocco can look suspiciously good. And that\u2019s not an exaggeration \u2014 in Marrakech, you can find offers for a dozen or so euros a day, and with a weekly rental the cheapest options can drop to around 70\u201390 euros for the week. Comparison sites also show rates from around 11\u201316 euros a day for the cheapest cars at Marrakech airport.<\/p><p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"988\">Like we wrote earlier, we most often use <strong data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"605\">Economy Car Rentals<\/strong>, because on many trips it has simply worked best for us: one comparison site, lots of offers, clear booking, and the option to check the terms before clicking. That doesn\u2019t mean every rental company on a comparison site will be good. The comparison site is only the middleman. The car is ultimately handed over by a specific local company, and its rules, attitude, and service make the biggest difference.<\/p><p data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1199\">In our case, the warning light came on as soon as we saw the price. For <strong data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1074\">7 days of rental<\/strong>, we paid a little over <strong data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1109\">150 PLN<\/strong>. The offer was so cheap that it practically begged the question: \u201cwhere\u2019s the catch?\u201d<\/p><p data-start=\"1201\" data-end=\"1247\">And yes, you could say we were asking for it ourselves. Fair enough \ud83d\ude04<\/p><p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1623\">The thing is, we went into it knowingly. We knew we had separate excess insurance, the deposit was going onto a credit card rather than being left in cash, and that if something went wrong, we had some way to fight for the money. This wasn\u2019t our first time renting a car, it wasn\u2019t our first time seeing weird stuff at drop-off, and this wasn\u2019t a completely random shot in the dark for us.<\/p><p data-start=\"1625\" data-end=\"1953\">If the same rental company had said \u201ccash deposit only,\u201d the whole topic would have ended right there. We don\u2019t leave cash as a deposit, because later you may have very little room to move if someone decides they\u2019re deducting something after all. A credit card plus insurance won\u2019t give you 100% peace of mind, but it does at least give you some tools.<\/p><p data-start=\"1955\" data-end=\"2529\">For comparison, when we looked at more normal offers, a weekly rental of a small car in Morocco was more often around <strong data-start=\"2085\" data-end=\"2104\">400 PLN and up<\/strong>. That fits much better with what you see in current listings: economy cars in Morocco often start at a dozen to a few dozen euros a day, while bigger cars, SUVs, or better classes cost noticeably more. For example, local listings show economy cars from around <strong data-start=\"2395\" data-end=\"2415\">18 EUR per day<\/strong>, while SUVs and 4x4s can start from several dozen euros a day.<\/p><p data-start=\"2531\" data-end=\"2839\">An automatic usually costs more too. Our car had a manual gearbox, and that\u2019s one of the things that really lowers the price. In Morocco, the cheapest offers are usually small manual cars. If you want an automatic, a bigger car, or something more comfortable for a longer route, the price can go up quickly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-006403a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"006403a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Our story \u2014 the collision<\/h2><p>And now we get to the part this whole text was really written for. Because for us, renting a car in Morocco didn\u2019t end with pickup, photos, and a calm return.<\/p><p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"526\" data-end=\"543\">We had a collision.<\/p><p data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"896\">The situation was stupid and, at the same time, very Moroccan in terms of what happened later. We had parked the car, and I was standing by it on the driver\u2019s side. The door was only slightly ajar \u2014 not wide open, not sticking halfway into the street. At that moment, a scooter rider caught the footrest of his scooter on the lower corner of the door.<\/p><p data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"896\">If the door had been opened wider, the damage would have been much worse. And honestly, the scooter rider himself could also have ended up much worse, because he would have gone straight into the edge of the door. As it was, it ended with just a bent piece near the door and the scooter tipping over.<\/p><p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1507\">Classic chaos started straight away. The scooter rider tried to push the whole thing onto us, showing that his leg hurt. But that didn\u2019t change the fact that he had driven into our car. The communication barrier was another problem \u2014 we simply couldn\u2019t make ourselves understood with him in any language at all (even with DeepL or Google Translate).<\/p><p data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1533\">And that\u2019s where the trouble started.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a353e30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_gallery_masonry\" data-id=\"a353e30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_image_gallery_masonry.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-image-gallery-masonry qodef-qi-fslightbox-popup qodef-popup-gallery qodef-image--hover-zoom qodef-qi-grid qodef-layout--qi-masonry qodef-items--fixed qodef-col-num--1 qodef-responsive--predefined\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-grid-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-qi-grid-masonry-sizer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"qodef-e qodef-image-wrapper qodef-grid-item qodef-item--landscape\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-e-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"qodef-popup-item\" itemprop=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/morocco-marrakech-accident-scooter-001.jpeg\" data-type=\"image\" data-fslightbox=\"gallery-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/morocco-marrakech-accident-scooter-001-1300x650.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_landscape size-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_landscape\" alt=\"A traffic accident involving a scooter in Marrakesh, with the scooter abandoned on the street\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b76ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16b76ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Emergency number and police<\/h3><p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1535\" data-end=\"1970\">Our first attempt to call emergency services through the emergency number was terrible. 112 didn\u2019t work for us the way it would in Europe. We got French-language messages, an automated system, button choices, and no proper conversation in English. In a stressful situation, with a damaged rental car and a scooter rider next to you, that\u2019s not a minor detail.<\/p><p data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"2302\">At the scene, one police unit showed up first, then another, and in the end also something like our traffic police. One of the officers was writing something down in a squared notebook. We didn\u2019t get any formal document from the intervention, though. No paper that we could later simply show to the rental company or the insurer.<\/p><p data-start=\"2304\" data-end=\"2619\">At the same time, we were in touch with the rental company \u2014 by phone and on WhatsApp. We asked what else we should do, what documents to get, and whether they needed anything extra. Instead of clear instructions, we got messages saying everything was clear, there were photos, the case was obvious, and nothing else was needed.<\/p><p data-start=\"2621\" data-end=\"2647\">And that was a mistake. Ours and theirs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a20ad1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_gallery_masonry\" data-id=\"a20ad1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_image_gallery_masonry.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-image-gallery-masonry qodef-qi-fslightbox-popup qodef-popup-gallery qodef-image--hover-zoom qodef-qi-grid qodef-layout--qi-masonry qodef-items--fixed qodef-col-num--1 qodef-responsive--predefined\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-grid-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-qi-grid-masonry-sizer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"qodef-e qodef-image-wrapper qodef-grid-item qodef-item--landscape\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-e-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"qodef-popup-item\" itemprop=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/morocco-marrakech-accident-scooter-002.jpeg\" data-type=\"image\" data-fslightbox=\"gallery-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/warsawtravelers.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/morocco-marrakech-accident-scooter-002-1300x650.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_landscape size-qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_landscape\" alt=\"A traffic accident involving a scooter in Marrakesh, near a white Dacia Sandero on Palm Street\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b96da4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b96da4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Returning the car<\/h3><p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"2649\" data-end=\"2988\">Ours, because we trusted too much that since the rental company knew about the case in real time, there wouldn\u2019t be a problem later. Theirs, because instead of saying clearly, \u201cyou need this and this document from the police,\u201d they reassured us that photos and a description would be enough. With a rental car, that kind of vague communication can later cost real money.<\/p><p data-start=\"2990\" data-end=\"3299\">When we returned the car, the atmosphere changed completely. The rental company employee knew we\u2019d be bringing the car back after a collision, but despite the earlier contact, he started inspecting the car very closely and looking for anything else he could add to the issue. There was also a suggestion that we settle the money on the spot.<\/p><p data-start=\"3301\" data-end=\"3327\">We didn\u2019t agree to that.<\/p><p data-start=\"3329\" data-end=\"3680\">We didn\u2019t sign anything we didn\u2019t agree with, because from the start we said clearly: this wasn\u2019t our fault, and earlier we had asked the rental company whether we needed any other documents. We were misled, because at the collision scene we were told that nothing else was needed, and at drop-off it suddenly turned out that the missing police confirmation was a problem after all.<\/p><p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"3682\" data-end=\"3855\">After returning the car, I blocked the credit card, but the deposit had already been blocked earlier, so the rental company could still take the funds from that hold. And that\u2019s exactly what happened.<\/p><p data-start=\"3857\" data-end=\"4179\">That was when we activated the excess insurance through XCover in Revolut. We described the claim in a lot of detail: what happened, where, when, who was there, what the contact with the rental company looked like, what the police said, and what the damage was. We attached photos, screenshots of the conversations, confirmations, and everything else we had.<\/p><p data-start=\"4181\" data-end=\"4426\">About two weeks later, we got the refund from the insurance. So the policy itself worked. And that matters, because these kinds of policies often look good in the app, but the real test only starts when you actually need to get your money back.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d615455 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d615455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Polish consulate in Morocco<\/h3><p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"4428\" data-end=\"4765\">The biggest absurdity was the issue of the police document. We asked our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/maroko\/ambasada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polish consulate in Rabat<\/a> for help obtaining confirmation of the intervention. The case has been dragging on since March. We got two replies saying they were trying to establish something, and then there was silence. By now it\u2019s July, we\u2019ve sent reminders, and we still haven\u2019t received any real help or the document.<\/p><p data-start=\"4767\" data-end=\"5167\">In the end, we filed a complaint with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about how the consular section handled the case. And we\u2019ll say this directly: after our experience, it\u2019s hard to be surprised that in crisis situations people complain about the lack of support from Polish missions. In our case, this wasn\u2019t about evacuation from the country or some huge drama. We just needed help getting a paper from the police after a collision in a rental car. 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