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From two people upward, one shared router is cheaper than a data plan each — at every trip length. For a family of four on a week in Morocco it is roughly €34.30 against €96. It also connects the things that cannot take a SIM at all: the children’s tablets, the Kindle, the GoPro, grandpa’s locked phone. There is one genuine catch, and we will get to it rather than bury it.
The default way to solve internet abroad is per person: everyone buys their own eSIM, everyone activates it at the airport, everyone worries about their own allowance. It is the obvious approach and for a solo traveller it is the right one. For a group it quietly multiplies a cost that does not need multiplying, and it leaves out half the devices you actually brought.
The arithmetic, laid out
A router is priced per device per day — the device being the router. It does not care whether two people or ten are connected to it. A data plan is priced per person, so the same trip costs twice as much for two of you and four times as much for four.
| Trip length | eSIM, 1 person | eSIM, 2 people | eSIM, family of 4 | One router, any number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 days | €14 | €28 | €56 | €14.70 |
| 5 days | €19 | €38 | €76 | €24.50 |
| 7 days | €24 | €48 | €96 | €34.30 |
| 10 days | €32 | €64 | €128 | €49.00 |
| 15 days | €45 | €90 | €180 | €73.50 |
| 30 days | €79 | €158 | €316 | €147.00 |
If you are travelling alone, the eSIM is cheaper on every row and you should buy one. We are not going to pretend otherwise to sell a router. The crossover is at two people, and from there the gap widens with every person you add.
For a family of four the saving is €61.70 on a week and €106.50 on a fortnight. That is not the interesting part, though. The interesting part is what happens to the devices nobody counted.
The devices that cannot take a SIM at all
Ask a family to list their devices and they will name the phones. Then you open the suitcase.
WiFi-only by design
- The children’s iPad or Android tablet
- A Kindle or e-reader
- A Nintendo Switch
- Most laptops
- A GoPro or WiFi-enabled camera
Could take one, but won’t
- Phones too old to support eSIM
- Handsets locked to a home carrier
- A parent or grandparent who is not going to do a QR-code activation on holiday
- A work phone you are not allowed to reconfigure
Every one of those joins a WiFi network without a thought. None of them can be solved with an eSIM. This is the part of the comparison that never appears in a price table, and for a family it is often the deciding factor: the tablet that keeps a seven-year-old calm on the road to Ouarzazate is not going to have its own mobile plan.
What actually changes on the trip
- One activation, not four. Somebody hands you a switched-on router. Everyone joins a WiFi network with a password, the way they do at home. No QR codes at the airport, no settings menus, no one person left offline because their phone would not co-operate.
- Nobody runs out on their own. With a plan each, the teenager exhausts theirs on day three while everyone else has plenty, and it cannot be shared. On one unlimited connection there is nothing to run out of and nothing to ration.
- One bill, and it is fixed. You know the number before you fly and it does not move.
- Nobody is the hotspot. Hotspotting drains the phone that is doing it, which is invariably the phone holding the boarding passes and the map.
Up to 10 devices at once on a single connection, with no data cap and no throttling. Two parents, two children, two laptops and a tablet is seven — comfortably inside it, on one flat daily price.
The catch, stated plainly
A router is a physical object with a radius. Everyone connected has to be within roughly ten to fifteen metres of it, and it goes where the person carrying it goes.
If your group splits up every day, do not rent one. Two people going to the souks while two go to the Majorelle garden means one half of the party has internet and the other half does not. A group that moves together — families with young children, couples, tour groups, anyone sharing a car — is exactly who this suits. A group of adults who go their own way each morning should buy plans individually, and we would rather tell you that now than take the booking.
Two smaller practical points, both easily managed. The battery runs about 8 hours, which covers a normal day out but not a long one with heavy use — a power bank is €1.90 a day and solves it permanently, or you simply charge it in the car. And somebody has to be the person with the bag; in practice this settles itself within a day.
Which one suits your group
One shared router, if…
- There are two or more of you
- You mostly move around together
- There are children with tablets
- A laptop needs to work
- You would rather not do four activations
- Somebody in the group is not confident with phone settings
A plan each, if…
- You are travelling alone
- The group splits up most days
- Everyone has a modern unlocked phone and no other devices
- You are only there two or three days
- Nobody needs more than maps and messaging
How it works for a group in practice
- Book one router for the whole party — not one each. The price is per router, so this is the entire trick.
- Have it delivered where you land or where you sleep. Delivery and collection are free in Marrakech, including the arrivals hall at Menara airport, your riad or your Airbnb.
- Everyone joins the network once, with the password on the card. Phones remember it for the rest of the trip.
- Whoever carries the day bag carries the router. It is the size of a phone and it lives with the water bottles.
- Hand it back on your last day. Collection is free and the €50 deposit is released once it is back.
It works across the country, not just in the city you collected it in — the network is Maroc Telecom 4G, which covers more than 99% of Morocco’s population. There are real gaps in the mountains and deep desert, and we list them honestly in the coverage guide. If you are still weighing the two options for one person, the eSIM comparison is the page you want, and if you are trying to size a data allowance instead, we did that arithmetic in how much data you actually need.
Frequently asked questions
How many devices can share one pocket WiFi in Morocco?
Up to 10 at once, on one flat daily price. Phones, laptops, tablets, e-readers and cameras all count the same, and the price does not change with how many are connected or how much data they use.
Is a pocket WiFi cheaper than buying an eSIM for each person?
From two people upward, yes, at every trip length we publish. A week is €34.30 for the router against about €48 for two unlimited eSIMs or €96 for four. For one person travelling alone the eSIM is cheaper and we would recommend it.
Can my children’s tablets connect to it?
Yes, and this is often the real reason families rent one. WiFi-only tablets, Kindles, a Nintendo Switch, laptops and WiFi cameras cannot use an eSIM at all, but they join a pocket WiFi network exactly as they would join the WiFi at home.
What happens if our group splits up for the day?
Only the people with the router have a connection. That is the honest limitation of any shared device. If your party separates most days, individual plans suit you better; if you travel together, the router is both cheaper and simpler.
Do we need more than one router for a big group?
Not for the connection — one handles 10 devices. Consider a second if you are more than ten devices, or if you routinely split into two parties, in which case each group carries one.
How long does the battery last?
Up to 8 hours per charge, which covers a normal day of sightseeing. A portable power bank is €1.90 a day if you want to be certain, and the router charges over USB in a car or a riad.
One connection for everyone
€4.90 per day for the whole group · unlimited data · up to 10 devices · free delivery and collection in Marrakech
Check dates and book
Staying three weeks or more? Email contact@pocketwifimorocco.com for a long-stay quote first.
Comparison eSIM prices are live published rates for unlimited Morocco plans, read on 8 September 2026; they change and are quoted here as another company’s prices, not ours. Our own prices were correct on 8 September 2026 — see the pricing page for the current rate.
