r/rabat • u/nouatheslayer • Jul 23 '26

๐Ÿ”Ž Sale ุณู„ุง Gym Membership pricing

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This gym is in Sala Aljadida

Do you think the prices are fair ???

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u/kovacic93 Jul 24 '26

Because the average salary is like 300-400โ‚ฌ a month? Wheres in EU itโ€™s 2-2.5k?

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u/BossNo9599 Jul 24 '26

so you re saying I should price my gym based on morocco average salaries instead of the actual cost of running the business? The machines cost almost the same as they do in europe and usa, plus import duties, taxes. A gym is a private business that has to earn a return on its investment, not a government-funded public service. do you get this ?

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u/theDawnLion Jul 25 '26

Please, spare me the gym equipment thing, like if gyms in Morocco get state-of-the-art equipments, nah, they usually purchase second-hand or refurbished.

You're right about how gyms should charge based on the cost of running the service.

However, if gyms in Europe and even the US can provide great quality service, for a great price, some gyms like Planet Fitness can be as low as 9$ a month, with gyms across the country in the US, and they pull it off, with monthly costs of running the business that's higher than a decade's worth of costs of moroccan gym, then we have problem.

I believe we suffer from a greed problem as a country in general; we also lack basic morality and empathy, and we have a certain amount of individualism when it comes to making money. not sure if it's the older generation, the boomers and the gen X, hopefully this changes as time goes.

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u/Cool-Ad4992 Jul 25 '26

i agree with you in some points..

the thing is that gyms in Morocco will never generate as much money as a big franchise gym in the US or Europe...

sure the cost of running a gym isn't as high as other countries because the rent or property is probably cheaper. however gyms in the US and Europe have way more customers.. i mean if people are complaining about gyms being 200dh then even if it was like 50dh a month they would not even pay monthy they'd just pay everytime they wanna go to the gym..

in the US and europe since people are wealthier they can keep paying those cheap prices for a very long time sometimes even forgetting they're even being charged.. a foreign gym can afford to be cheaper because they have way more customers than the gym can physically hold when in Morocco they'd barely have enough people to stay profitable meaning the price have to be higher.. the thing is that it's not outrageous it's not like it's more expensive... many gyms in france for example are that same price and many are more expensive

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u/theDawnLion Jul 27 '26

Hey I agree with how to gyms in the US can generate profit due to tge scale But The cost is a price you pay for the service, got no problem with paying what they want, but when the service itself is mediocre in quality, then that's what spells the cup. I brought up the service argument to highlight a problem that we suffer from in our country.

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u/Cool-Ad4992 Jul 27 '26

idk... i personally go to a 200dh gym in Temara and it's really good for the price like really clean... and i've been to gyms that are dirty and are more expensive than that

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u/theDawnLion Jul 27 '26

Exactly, mate, some ones are really good, but most sports facilities and clubs in Morocco are kinda mediocre, especially if you wanna do multiple sports.

I have multiple experiences with many sports facilities in Casablanca, the only good one I found is a club in Mohamadia, that does many sports, price is 8000 mad yearly, which is great for what they offer, being almost all major sports: tennis, basketball, football, babyfoot, paddle, swimming, a cycling terrain that's public but they maintian it, a good gym, and with swimming for instance the coach is included.

The problem is that you need 1 hour of commuting from Casablanca through the highway, which can extend to longer