Pizza is one of Britain’s most popular takeaways, but ordering from fast food chains can be expensive – so one man flew all the way to Italy to find a cheaper alternative
Domino’s has become the go-to pizza choice for many Brits, but like most takeaways, regular orders can seriously dent your bank balance.
So when travel content creator Muscab Salad discovered that a medium original cheese and tomato pizza from Domino’s would set him back just under £20, he hatched an ambitious plan to see whether he could actually fly to Italy and grab an authentic pizza, all for less than the price he’d pay for his takeaway. In his viral TikTok clip, Muscab said: “Is it possible to fly to Italy and get a pizza for cheaper than the price of a Domino’s in the UK?
“Currently, to get a margherita pizza from the Domino’s website, it costs £19.99.
“I think we can fly to Italy and get a pizza for just cheaper than that, so I immediately opened Skyscanner and booked the cheapest flight to Italy – which was just £9.”
The adventurous foodie secured a Ryanair ticket to Trieste, the capital of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy.
He headed to the airport and boarded the plane, hoping that once he arrived, he’d find tasty – and reasonably priced – pizza waiting for him.
He shared: “I’m getting ready to board but I’ve got no bag, like it feels kinda wrong. I’m going on a plane with no luggage, [a] simple day trip.”
Despite his flight running slightly behind schedule, Muscab eventually touched down in Trieste.
After arriving at the airport, he had to figure out how he could reach the city centre without completely exhausting what remained of his £20 budget.
Luckily, the savvy traveller snagged a train ticket for the bargain price of just €4.76 (£4.10), leaving him with £7 (€8) to spend on his meal.
Muscab was confident that what he had left was “more than enough” as he searched for the nearest pizzeria.
He stumbled upon a margherita priced at €8 and, as it arrived on his table, he asked: “The moment of truth. Is it worth it? Is this whole trip worth the amount of time that I spent?”
After taking a bite, he enthusiastically gave it the thumbs up, proclaiming “it was worth it” and awarding the adventure a 10 out of 10.
His TikTok video documenting the experience has gone viral, amassing a whopping 4.2million views, 316,600 likes, and more 1,600 comments, at the time of writing.
The low cost of his flight left many viewers astounded, with one asking: “I’m sorry???? 9 pounds for a flight to another country???”
Another chimed in: “Flying to another country for £9 is insane and Euros have the audacity to say Americans ‘never travel’, I can’t fly to another STATE for less than like $400.”
A third viewer remarked: “Not the flight being cheaper than a Domino’s pizza??”
