How do I plan a Morocco trip from New Orleans, Louisiana?

New Orleans and Morocco share a love of slow food, live music, and long evenings, so I genuinely enjoy planning this trip. The logistics start the same way for every MSY client: there is no direct flight, so you connect. My go-to is New Orleans to JFK or Boston, then Royal Air Maroc straight into Casablanca on one transatlantic leg. It is the simplest hand-off and keeps your bags ticketed through.

If the fares from MSY favour Europe — and out of New Orleans they sometimes do through Atlanta or Charlotte onto Paris, Lisbon, or Madrid — I will route you that way and use the hub stop as a built-in leg-stretch. Either option lands you in Morocco after about 17 to 21 hours of total travel, so the first thing on your itinerary is always a do-nothing recovery afternoon in a quiet riad.

For New Orleans travellers I lean into the sensory side of Morocco because I know that is your language. A 10-day route gives you Fes for the medina and the tanneries, a Sahara night under the stars, and Marrakech's food stalls; a focused 7-day version still hits the imperial cities and one desert night. I pace it so you are never rushing past the smell of a spice souk just to make a schedule.

Book the Casablanca long-haul first, then position your MSY feeder around it. Summer thunderstorms in the Gulf can scramble afternoon departures, so I favour morning connections and I tell every client to reconfirm both flights two days out. Royal Air Maroc and the European carriers shuffle their winter schedules, so a quick verification call protects the whole trip.