Sandwiches for Day Trips?

I always travel with ziplock bags. Not sure why the sandwich would get soggy. I have never had that problem. You could store the bread separately from the cheese and other ingredients. Usually in Europe we use rolls, which are obviously thicker than slice bread. Does this help?

Same as Pat, I always bring ziplocks - both quart and sandwich size. Takes up no room. And depending on where you are going, you can buy pre-packaged sandwiches that are good.

I have traveled with lightweight small Rubbermaid food storage boxes. For initial packing, I used them as I would packing cubes. When needed for a day trip lunch, easy to empty out the contents and replace with a sandwich. No crushed lunch! Rinse out on return and re-pack as a packing cube.

When I go on package tours I generally carry a tin of sardines, a few crackers and an onion. Nothing to get soggy or go bad.

I agree with the suggestion to keep separate anything that would make the sandwich soggy (like a tomato?). I am an over-consumer of paper towels, so I always buy a roll on arrival. I generally wrap sandwiches in a couple of layers and then put them in whatever plastic bag I have. This way, I also have a napkin.

Mr E,
Haha! Always guaranteed to get a seat to yourself?!

Some sandwiches are better soggy --- peanut butter and honey, for instance. Kind of sticky for travel, though.....

Thank y'all for your tips!

We often pack a small collapsible cooler to help keep sandwiches fresh in our backpack while out and about. It has worked well on a number of trips domestic and abroad.

When it is lunchtime just go and get your sandwich at the grocery store. Or kebab shop. Or bakery. After all to make your own sandwiches you will need to go and get all the fixings and condiments anyway. Even the night before or the day of, you would have to make time to get that stuff.

In Germany a lot of people use "Butterbrotpapier" (sandwich or preaseproof paper) which allows air to the food but not butter or similar to get through. People can buy it in every supermarket.

Do you know that artist Christo always had some cloves of garlic in his travel luggage? He was eating garlic every day.

I would pop out to the nearest bakery 1st thing in the morning, and get something. It might be wise to carry a small tupperware for things like this.

It has always been our habit to stop in at a bakery or a butcher shop sometime during the day and have them make a sandwich. Most are willing to do that. In Germany, many butcher shops will sell you a wurst and cook it to order, and sell it along with a brotchen and a drink. I have had sandwiches made for me in Vienna...no problem.
In Paris we were in the habit buying cheese, sausage and fruit the day before at a grocery store and packing that along the next day in a bag. We would stop for a baguette and a drink. I always carry a knife.
Don't make messy sandwiches. No tomato or pickles, mayo..... keep it simple. Meat, cheese, bread. These are all so fresh and delicious that they can easily stand alone. We are still raving about a baguette we bought somewhere near Rheem's. In a small ( a few dozen homes and a small church) hilltop town, there was an equally small bakery. We got the next to last one and it was amazing. We had cheese and sausage to eat with it..... still longing for another.

There is such a thing as re-usable plastic bags, sandwich-size and larger. Stasher is one brand name. Target has them. But they are not inexpensive.

All sandwich bags are all reusable, aluminum foil too. Grew up on a household that cleaned and reused both. Not for environmental reasons, just common sense not to throw money away. I still do it.

Mr. E, we do the same.