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What a gym costs in Marrakech
A membership advertised at 800 MAD and one at 1 440 cannot be compared until you know how often you will go. Here is the maths.
The advertised price tells you almost nothing
Gyms in Marrakech quote a monthly figure, and that is the number everyone compares. It says very little: two women paying the same membership can be paying 60 or 200 dirhams a session depending on how often they show up.
The only comparison that holds is the price of one session, once you divide by the frequency you will actually manage.
What Guéliz charges
A general mixed gym sits around 800 to 900 dirhams a month all in. Dune Training, on avenue Mohammed V, publishes 800. Reformer Pilates studios mostly sell by the class or the pack instead, and run considerably higher.
At KURV, in Guéliz, the range runs from 960 dirhams for two sessions a week to 1440 for unlimited, with a single class at 220.
Brought back to one session
A month is about 4.3 weeks, so twice a week is 8 or 9 sessions and three times a week is 13.
- Single class: 220 dirhams
- Pack of 10: 190 dirhams a session
- 2× a week: about 110 dirhams a session
- 3× a week: about 92 dirhams a session
- Unlimited at 4× a week: about 83 dirhams a session
The crossover lands around twice a week. Below it, packs always win. Above it, the monthly plan is cheaper and the gap grows fast.
What price does not cover
Two gyms at the same rate are not selling the same thing. Class size changes everything: at twelve, someone is watching your form; at thirty, nobody is. So does the equipment, and for some disciplines there is no substitute for it.
And for many women in Marrakech the question does not work that way at all. A mixed gym at 600 dirhams is more expensive than a women-only one at 1 200, because they will not go.
KURV prices
All three plans, with the per-session maths for each, are on the pricing page.