A Morocco-based concierge atelier for private travel.

Written by Réda Aït El Moudden, founder · updated 1 November 2026

Moroccan Wizards is a private travel concierge based in Marrakech. Réda Aït El Moudden reads every brief himself; Wissal composes the days, Aziz holds them on the ground, and Jalil owns the south and the Sahara. We work in English, French and Arabic for couples, families and small groups who want one contact from the brief to the return.

Who does what on your file?

Four people, and each has a fixed place in your file. Réda reads your brief in person, acknowledges it the same day and replies within 48 hours with a proposal; the rules you will read further down are his. Wissal, our senior planner, builds the itinerary around the brief: the riad, the route, the table reserved before you thought to ask. Aziz runs your days in Morocco from arrival to departure: he confirms the drivers and checks each venue before you reach it. Jalil is our south: he plans the desert from the Erg Chebbi to the Erg Chigaga, the camp worth the extra hour's drive and the roads most itineraries miss. Réda's own page, with his rules and how to reach him directly, is at /pages/reda-ait-el-moudden. (156 words)

What do we commit to, in writing?

Our commitments carry a time, so you can hold us to them. Your brief is acknowledged the same day and answered within 48 hours. Services booked online are confirmed in writing within 24 hours. Nothing is paid before you have approved the content of the trip, and every house, driver and table is confirmed in writing by the supplier once the deposit is paid. Seven days before you arrive, the file is reread line by line. On the road, your driver leaves 20 minutes before each pickup, restaurant tables are booked in your name and prepaid, lunches sit at 2 pm and dinners at 9 pm unless you ask otherwise, and you receive a day-by-day briefing with map links. During the trip, the planner who read your brief stays your contact on WhatsApp, and your drivers and guides are briefed on your party by name before you land. The full calendar, with payment and cancellation terms, is on the page How we work. (163 words)

What does a trip cost, and how do you pay?

Ready-to-reserve Signature Journeys run from $620, a private night in the Agafay with dinner, to $9,300 for ten nights from Casablanca to Essaouira, for two travellers, planning and hosting included; the ten journeys carry prices checked against the catalogue on 26 October 2026. A private driver starts at $220 a day. Bespoke journeys are quoted after the brief, and the quote comes before any payment. A design deposit of 30% of the quote then opens the bookings (the first 1,000 USD can be paid online, the balance as set out in the quote) and is credited in full against the final invoice; it is refunded in full until a booking is confirmed in your name. A bank transfer carries no fee; a card through a secure payment link adds 5% in bank charges, written in the quote. Every reservation, experiences booked online and Signature Journeys alike, refunds in full up to 45 days before the start, half between 45 and 21 days, and nothing within 21 days. We take no commission on anything we recommend. (157 words)

What have we actually arranged?

Three files, without names, dates or amounts. A family of four, ten nights over the winter holidays: Marrakech, the Atlantic coast, the kasbah road, one night under canvas in the Erg Chebbi and two facing the dunes, six houses, one driver for the whole route, and a rule written into the proposal, no day on the road longer than six hours, with every driving time checked by the team before the file was sent. A traveller on foot, nine nights: three in the High Atlas with the summit of Toubkal, 4,167 m, in the middle, the Todra gorge walked, two nights in the Erg Chebbi, then a one-hour evening flight back to Marrakech rather than the same road twice. A couple travelling through a corporate partner, ten nights from Casablanca to Marrakech, the Agafay and Essaouira, every table chosen one by one. The amounts stay in the files; what travels from one file to the next is the method. (161 words)

Moroccan Wizards or a booking platform: what changes?

What we refuse, and what we advise against

We do not sell the Sahara as a day trip from Marrakech: roughly eight hours of road separate the city from the great dunes, and under three nights you are buying road. We do not put a house or a camp in a quote before it has confirmed in writing in your name. We do not quietly downgrade a house or a driver to meet a budget; if the budget will not reach the level you want, we say so in the proposal. For a New Year's Eve, a proposal or a birthday, we turn down camps that cannot serve wine. With young children, we advise against the Sahara rather than sell it; the Agafay, under an hour from Marrakech, plays that part. And we refuse anything illegal, unsafe, or that we are not certain to keep. (139 words)

Questions we are asked

Who reads my brief?

Réda, in person, in Marrakech. He acknowledges it the same day and replies within 48 hours with a proposal; Wissal then builds the itinerary around it, house by house. If your dates or your budget will not give you the trip you have in mind, you hear it in that first reply, not later. (56 words)

Who can I reach during the trip?

The planner who read your brief stays your contact on WhatsApp for the whole trip. Aziz runs the days on the ground and confirms each driver; in the south and the Sahara, Jalil plans the route. Drivers and guides are briefed on your party by name before you land, and a difficulty is handled at its first mention. (60 words)

Are you actually in Morocco?

Yes. Réda lives in Marrakech and reads every brief there; Wissal, Aziz and Jalil work from Morocco, and Jalil covers the south from the Erg Chebbi to the Erg Chigaga. Venues are checked before you reach them, which is only possible from here. (54 words)

Do you take commissions?

No. A restaurant, an artisan, a house or a camp is chosen for you, never for a fee, and we advance no funds to a supplier before your payment. The only charges are written in the quote: a bank transfer carries no fee, a card through a secure payment link adds 5% in bank charges. (57 words)

In which languages do you work?

English, French and Arabic. Briefs, WhatsApp messages and calls are answered in whichever you prefer, and your guides are matched to your language. Your written proposal and your day-by-day briefing come in the language of your brief, and so does the quote. (44 words)

We have already booked flights or a riad. Will you still take the file?

Yes. Many briefs arrive with flights confirmed and a riad already chosen. We compose the drivers, guides, tables and excursions around what you have, and we tell you plainly if something you booked deserves a second look. Nothing you have paid elsewhere is touched. (46 words)

How far ahead should we write?

October to April, six to ten weeks gives the best choice of riads and camps. May to September, two to three weeks is often enough. We have also arranged complete trips in under a week. Whenever your brief arrives, we tell you honestly what is still possible rather than offer a disguised fallback. (55 words)