152. Plan the Perfect Morocco Adventure: Sahara Desert, Medina Walks, and the Blue City

Points Talk®: Your Travel Dreams, Made Possible by Points

Alex, Pam and Jess

Places & Travel, Education, Society & Culture, How To

4.9 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered what it's really like to experience Morocco - including the medinas, the desert, and the Blue City - all in one trip? From camel rides in the Sahara to wandering the alleyways of Fez, this trip was all about embracing adventure, culture, and connection in one unforgettable journey.

In this episode, Alex and Pam share how they explored Morocco on a whirlwind girls' trip using a mix of points, miles, and cash. Listen in to learn how to plan your own Moroccan adventure, from selecting riads and desert camps to understanding local customs and tipping etiquette. They share what surprised them most, which cities left the biggest impression, and how this trip proved that sometimes, the best use of points is creating once-in-a-lifetime memories.

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0:00.0	To camel rides in the Sahara to getting lost in the Medina of Bez, we did it all with a mix of points, miles, and cash.
0:06.9	Keep listening to hear how we did it.
0:09.1	Welcome to Points Talk with the travel mom squad.
0:12.1	We are three moms who've discovered how to leverage credit card welcome offers to get hundreds of thousands of dollars of travel expenses for nearly free.
0:20.5	We've used credit card points of miles to take vacations to places like Hawaii, Paris, Greece, Maldives,
0:26.7	Japan, and so much more.
0:28.5	And the best part? We each still have 800 plus credit scores.
0:32.7	Imagine being able to take the vacation of your dreams for nearly free.
0:36.4	It's totally possible and we're
0:38.0	here to show you how. Hey, I'm Alex. And I'm Pam, Alex's mom. Let's talk points. Yeah, you don't usually
0:47.3	get to do that part. The let's talk points. That's usually jealous. I know. I almost messed up
0:53.8	because I was waiting for Jess to say something.
0:56.4	Jess is off in Switzerland. So we're holding down the fort today with Megan. Thanks, Megan, for being here to help us out.
1:05.1	So my mom and I just returned from a super fast-paced whirlwind adventure to Morocco. We included seven hotels
1:13.2	or Riyadh's or luxury tent. So it was the ultimate hotel hopping adventure. And Megan is here
1:18.9	with us like my mom said because she has visited Morocco as well using points. So she's going to
1:25.0	fill in kind of her details too.
1:27.7	So, Mom, do you want to kick it off and kind of tell us how this trip came to be?
1:33.9	Well, we had planned a yearly trip, my four daughters and I, and right around COVID time,
1:41.0	we had planned a trip where we were going to go to, help me with this. If I've got it wrong, Alex, we were going to Barcelona. And I know we were going to Marrakesh. There was another place that we were going to. We were going to Venice. It was very random. That's right. It was very random. Yeah, it was just like where we found flights,
2:04.2	like business class flights to and from, and that had flights, direct flights to each other.
2:09.1	It's kind of how it came to be. We were flying into Barcelona out of Venice. Yeah. And I think
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