Guardian control
Parents manage student profiles and can require their approval before a student requests a ride. Student sign-in is off unless the organization and a guardian both allow it.
For Bands, Teams, Troops, And Other Trusted Groups
BandWagon For Organizations
Free, private carpools for bands, teams, and school groups.
BandWagon is a free carpool app for community groups. It helps families in your group share rides to rehearsals, games, and events. No public addresses. No live tracking. No messy group texts. Free for organizations and families.
Free To UseGuardian ControlledNever Sells Data
Saturday RehearsalRide Matched
- Request MadeGeneral Area Shared
- Eligible Driver MatchedGuardian Approved
- Pickup VerifiedExact Details Stay Private
Privacy By DesignNo Passive Location Tracking
Carpool coordination, not transportation. BandWagon is not a rideshare company, a taxi service, or school transportation. It helps people who already belong to your group arrange rides with each other. It does not provide, supervise, track, or guarantee rides.
Who It Is For
Built for groups whose families already know each other.
BandWagon is a carpool organizer for parents and volunteer drivers in the same group. A band director, booster club, coach, troop leader, or parent volunteer starts a private community, and families in that group use it to find and offer seats.
School bands and marching bands
Rides to rehearsals, football games, competitions, and concerts, planned around your band calendar.
Sports teams
Practices, home and away games, and tournaments for school and youth sports teams.
Clubs and activities
Theatre, robotics, debate, choir, and other school clubs with events after hours or off campus.
Scouting and faith groups
Troop meetings, campouts, youth group events, and service projects.
How It Works
Up and running in four steps.
You stay in charge of who joins and who can drive. Families stay in charge of every ride.
- STEP 1
Request a community
Tell us about your group and who will run it. We set up a private BandWagon space with its own web address.
- STEP 2
Set your rules
Choose driver requirements, turn optional features on or off, and add your events by hand or sync them from a Google or Microsoft calendar.
- STEP 3
Families plan rides
Invite your families. Parents add their household, then request or offer seats for your events.
- STEP 4
Confirm and pick up
Families review and accept each match. Reminders go out, and an optional pickup handshake confirms the right child got in the right car.
Safety Built In
Safety features that are in the product today.
These are working features, not plans. Your organization sets the rules. BandWagon enforces them.
Driver requirements you set
Each organization picks its own rules: minimum age, license, insurance, district volunteer approval, and manual admin approval. Offers from drivers who do not qualify are blocked.
Private credential review
Drivers upload documents to private storage. Only authorized admins can view them, and every view is logged. Expired credentials can suspend a driver automatically.
Verified pickup
A one-time pickup handshake lets the driver and family confirm the handoff before the ride is marked picked up.
Emergency Assist
During an active ride, one tap calls 911 and a help alert can reach the family's safety contacts. BandWagon is not emergency dispatch.
Addresses stay hidden
Before a match, others see only a general area. The exact address is shown only to the matched driver for a confirmed ride, and each view is recorded.
Privacy Promises
Your families' information stays theirs.
Read the Privacy Policy, the student data statement, and the list of service providers.
- We never sell personal information.
- No ads, no ad trackers, and nothing that follows you around the web.
- Anonymous visit counts only, from our own server. No cookies and nothing tied to you.
- No live GPS tracking of people or cars.
- No school roster, student ID, grades, or school records needed.
- Profile phone numbers, exact addresses, and driver credentials are encrypted at rest.
- Each community's data is kept separate from every other community.
- Families can export or delete their data from their settings.
- Sponsors and donors never get participant data.
Cost
Free for organizations and families.
There is no fee to start a community or to use it. BandWagon is supported by optional donations and by local sponsors. Giving is never required, never changes who gets a ride, and never buys access to anyone's data. Support BandWagon.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Reviewing BandWagon for a board or school? Download the organization review package.
Is this school transportation?
No. BandWagon is a private tool that helps families who already know each other coordinate their own carpools. It does not provide rides, employ or dispatch drivers, or replace school buses. Schools and programs do not have to be part of the ride arrangement.
Is BandWagon a rideshare company?
No. There are no paid drivers and no payment for rides. Volunteer adults offer open seats to families in their own community, and families decide whether to accept.
What does it cost?
Nothing. BandWagon is free for organizations and families. Optional donations from families and support from local sponsors help cover running costs. Giving never changes access, matching, or safety decisions.
What data do sponsors get?
None. Sponsors get a thank-you acknowledgment that adults can see. They get no names, contact details, ride information, or reports about participants.
Do students need accounts?
No. A parent can add a student to their household and handle everything. If your organization turns on student sign-in, a parent must still set it up and give consent, and can turn it off at any time.
How are drivers checked?
Your organization decides. You can require a license, insurance, district volunteer approval, a minimum age, and admin approval. Drivers upload documents privately and your admins review them. BandWagon records your decision. It does not run background checks or certify drivers itself.
Who can see a family's address?
Only the people who need it. Others see a general area until a ride is confirmed. Then the matched driver can see the exact pickup or drop-off location.
Does BandWagon track where kids are?
No. There is no continuous location tracking. A person can choose to share their location only when they use Emergency Assist.
Does it use AI?
Only if your organization turns it on. AI can help turn event details into calendar entries or read driver documents, but a person always makes the decision. Matching, eligibility, and safety rules do not use AI.
What if we stop using BandWagon?
An organization can close its community. Open requests are cancelled, the web address is turned off, and after a confirmation step and a holding period (30 days by default) the community's data is deleted. Families who also belong to other BandWagon communities keep their accounts.