English speakers in Agadir

Phil_h wrote:

I say that simply because sometimes people can be a bit sceptic and need reassuring that there is nothing also untoward, such as just wanting to meet people to be able to try and sell them some service or other.

I'm sorry to say that this has been my experience of "expat" meetings when locals are involved. In my last placement in the developing world we had a terrible problem of arranging meetings for expats that locals would turn up to and then subsequently offer all sorts of services, some of them extremely dubious or illegal. Some even thought the "rich foreigners" would buy their meal and/or drinks and we had a couple of unpleasant run-ins with bar and restaurant owners when we refused and left it for the authorities to sort out. I didn't know about this forum then. In the end we had to ban anyone who was clearly not an expat from our FB group and refuse to let locals participate in meetings if they slipped through the net. It's a shame really as it meant that those (very few, I'm afraid) genuine locals who may have been able to contribute correctly had to be excluded too. I don't see a solution to this and from reading the threads here, including some very old ones, it seems to be a recurring problem in Morocco too, maybe even worse.

SvenStockholm wrote:

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..... it seems to be a recurring problem in Morocco too, maybe even worse.

No it's not just Morocco, it's the same the world over, okay, maybe some countries are just worse than others, but I think a nice firm ''GO AWAY'' (being polite for the forum sake) as early as possible might be beneficial.

I'm hoping to get out mid September for a holiday, so will also be keeping a eye on the thread to see if anything develops closer to the time.
(maybe 2nd OR 3rd week, so for myself it would be handy if people start putting down what date they will be in Agadir),