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'''Getting a Discount from a Ticket Agent''' If you don't manage to hitchhike your last resort is to look for a discounted tickets. According to several users reports there are ticket agents hanging around the terminal negotiating bulk prices for tour buses at a cheaper price.Try to find themIn March 2016, [[User: Mohit|Mohit]] and if you can't by yourself just ask to the info point to direct you to a ticket agent.They are people moving from one window to the other back and forth. If you agree on another hitchhiker were unsuccessful in hitching a discounted pricetruck, you'll have but managed to trust them and give them your passport, so that they can produce get free tickets from a Bus ticket for you. After some 30 minutes you'll get your ticket and passport back and pay.You don't need to go on a bus, you can act now agent as a normal passenger, pass the controls and keep your luggage always with youdescribed above.
As of March 2016, there is a guard whose sole job it is to not let anyone without a ticket through to the passport control. Discussion was unsuccessful, but it might depend on the individual.
There are often Buses with Moroccans going to Spain, Italy, or other European countries who don't pay the standard price for each passenger. Instead, there are ticket agents hanging around the terminal, who seem to negotiate bulk prices for the buses with the ferry companies. So if you find a nice agent and explain that you don't have much money, you might score free, or at least significantly cheaper tickets. When negotiating a price for 50 people, one or two more probably don't make any difference at all for them.
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Just before reaching Algeciras you should try to hitch a ride out of the port (otherwise be prepared for a long walk).
==== Free or Discounted Tickets from a Ticket Agent ====
There are often Buses with Moroccans going to Spain, Italy, or other European countries who don't pay the standard price for each passenger. Instead, there are ticket agents hanging around the terminal, who seem to negotiate bulk prices for the buses with the ferry companies. So if you find a nice agent and explain that you don't have much money, you might score free, or at least significantly cheaper tickets. When negotiating a price for 50 people, one or two more probably don't make any difference at all for them.
You can ask the info point to direct you to a ticket agent if you can't find one yourself.
They are people moving from one window to the other back and forth. If they agree to get you a free or discounted ticket, you'll have to trust them and give them your passport, so that they can produce a ferry ticket for you. After some 30 minutes you'll get your ticket and passport back and pay.
You don't need to go on a bus, you can now act as a normal passenger, pass the controls and always keep your luggage always with.
==== (Recent) User Experiences ====
In February 2018 [[User: Phidias81|Davide]] and Oti didn't manage to pass the ticket inspection. They asked for help at the guard and then at the Port Authority info point without success. Eventually they asked for help also to a nice english speaking lady at the main Info point for passenger, and she pointed at a ticket agent where they were able to get a discount from 360 dh to 250 dh )after negotiating from the proposed 300 dh price. There were several other Moroccan people around the agent, all using the same shortcut and paying 300 dh, so it wasn't possible to negotiate even further. Also options were very limited because of bad wheated ferries had been cancelled for the previous 9 hours and the cheapest company, Intershipping, wasn't running at all. But if you are alone with the agent try to get it much cheaper.
Two hitchhikers managed to hitch a lift to Spain from the truck gate in April 2013. It was very difficult, they weren't sure what was happening most of the time, and they don't think it would be very easy to repeat. But it is possible! Full story in the discussion section.
[[User:Traveling_Charles|Traveling Charles]] and his companion mistakenly tried arriving at night and found only a few trucks being loaded onto the ferries. Be sure to arrive between 10:00 and 19:00 for best results. They were two people and split on to two trucks as the drivers wanted to make sure they also got food tickets. They recommend to make sure to just ask drivers, because they also tried getting help from the people loading the boats, which was the key for success on the Spanish side, but on the Moroccain side it was actually problematic to ask help from the workers. Balearia company seemed to be the best choice for boat companies.
===Ferry to [[Italy]], [[Genova]] or [[Barcelona]]===
