# Mondo works in North Africa!(Morocco to be exact!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Travelling with Monzo\ **Created:** [21 March 2016 11:56 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/mondo-works-in-north-africa-morocco-to-be-exact/1409 "2016-03-21T11:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon5053437](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@anon5053437](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon5053437)\ **Post date:** [21 March 2016 11:56 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/mondo-works-in-north-africa-morocco-to-be-exact/1409/1 "2016-03-21T11:56:17Z")
Just come back from using Mondo in morocco. It was absolutely fantastic just to see the difference i used another card called Caxtonfx which is a currency exchange card which converts your balance to the local currency where you are. Using both Mondo absolutely trumped caxton not only was the fee for using money better but when you pay it alerts you in 2-5 mins while caxton took 2 days to show up. I hope this stays the same as Mondo gets bigger as for hassle free usage i am in AWE! the only issue was that on transaction it was like i got charged twice but i contacted the help factor an it was resolved in about 6 hours. apart from that exceptional!1 ---
**Author:** ![ross\_o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@ross\_o](https://community.monzo.com/u/ross_o)\ **Post date:** [21 March 2016 12:36 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/mondo-works-in-north-africa-morocco-to-be-exact/1409/2 "2016-03-21T12:36:52Z")
Thatโ€™s great news. I travel to Thailand and then Abu Dhabi come Thursday so I will be able to give an update on that also ---
**Author:** ![anon50039658](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@anon50039658](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon50039658)\ **Post date:** [21 March 2016 12:59 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/mondo-works-in-north-africa-morocco-to-be-exact/1409/3 "2016-03-21T12:59:03Z")
Thatโ€™s really awesome! How was the merchant information in Morocco out of interest? I imagine it was a bit patchy? ---
**Author:** ![anon5053437](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@anon5053437](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon5053437)\ **Post date:** [21 March 2016 13:09 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/mondo-works-in-north-africa-morocco-to-be-exact/1409/4 "2016-03-21T13:09:02Z")
@ross_o please do as i am going to abu-dhabi in maywould be of great help! ๐Ÿ™‚ @anon50039658 correct the merchant info was a bit patchy but Leah was fantastic with info when i got charge twice and so was James when i inquired about the master card rate. One thing that would beat all other banks is customer service nail that and loyalty will never wavier!๐Ÿ•ถ๐ŸŽ‰ ---
**Author:** ![ross\_o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@ross\_o](https://community.monzo.com/u/ross_o)\ **Post date:** [21 March 2016 14:31 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/mondo-works-in-north-africa-morocco-to-be-exact/1409/5 "2016-03-21T14:31:35Z")
Not a problem. Iโ€™ll keep you posted as and when I use the card ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป ---
**Author:** ![louay](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/louay/32/5744_2.png) [@louay](https://community.monzo.com/u/louay)\ **Post date:** [22 March 2016 10:49 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/mondo-works-in-north-africa-morocco-to-be-exact/1409/6 "2016-03-22T10:49:28Z")
I have used my mondo card in Turkey. It also worked without problems. However, merchant info were useless. ---
**Author:** ![ross\_o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@ross\_o](https://community.monzo.com/u/ross_o)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2016 16:34 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/mondo-works-in-north-africa-morocco-to-be-exact/1409/7 "2016-03-24T16:34:58Z")
Just used in Abu Dhabi airport with no issues ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป chip and pin ---
**Author:** ![anon5053437](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@anon5053437](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon5053437)\ **Post date:** [31 March 2016 11:56 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/mondo-works-in-north-africa-morocco-to-be-exact/1409/8 "2016-03-31T11:56:02Z")
Awesome!๐ŸŽ‰ thatโ€™s great cant wait for my trip now! ---
**Author:** ![anon44204028](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@anon44204028](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon44204028)\ **Post date:** [9 April 2018 08:21 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/mondo-works-in-north-africa-morocco-to-be-exact/1409/9 "2018-04-09T08:21:38Z")
The Moroccan Dirham is a restricted currency. Most foreign cards work fine in hotels and you should be able to get cash from ATMs, although they may run out of notes on national holidays. Credit Agricole and Attijariwafa Bank have easiest to use menus. The ATMs of banks BMCE and Banque Populaire seem to ask additional questions and take an extremely long time to respond, so perhaps only use if other ATMs unavailable. Many foreign cards donโ€™t work at the Global Exchange store at Tangiers Airport, so it may be useful to have some cash at in GBP (or EUR) when entering the country.