Carpooling to Work: Options and Benefits

Driving to work alone gets more expensive and less efficient every year. More money spent, more time in traffic and more emissions, every single day. And although we talk more and more about sustainable mobility and saving money, in practice we still travel alone… even when half the team is heading to the same place.

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Plenty of people already share a car to get to work, using apps, informal conversations or tools that never quite work. So in this article we go through the benefits, the options available today and which one actually works best.

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The benefits of carpooling to work

Before we get to the options, let us talk about the benefits that you actually notice.

Carpooling to work lets you:

• Spend less without changing your routine.
• Cut your travel time.
• Make the journey easier by sharing it with other people.
• Reduce your environmental impact with no extra effort.

That is why more and more employees and companies are looking for simple ways to organise car sharing.

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Option 1: TRIBBU, the app that pays you to share your car

TRIBBU is an app built for sharing daily journeys with people who travel your route at your times, and which pays you for every trip you make.

Through the BBono Energético, based on Spain's Energy Savings Certificates (CAE) scheme, TRIBBU rewards drivers with €0.04 per kilometre and passenger, while passengers travel at a heavily reduced price or even for free.

The key advantages of using the TRIBBU car sharing app:

• You receive a direct financial incentive when your journeys are certified.
• You can create and edit recurring journeys in two clicks.
• You do not depend on a single travel companion; you can find several for your route.
• Costs are split automatically through the app.

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Option 2: WhatsApp groups between colleagues

This is one of the most common options. Someone sets up a group with the best of intentions and for the first few days it seems to work.

The problem is that WhatsApp was never built to organise mobility. Messages pile up, people stop reading the group and schedules change.

On top of that, because it is an informal method it cannot benefit from the BBono Energético under the CAE scheme, so a direct financial incentive is lost.

Eventually the group fills up with messages that have nothing to do with the journeys, last-minute questions and awkward silences. In most cases, sharing a car this way ends up being improvised.

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Option 3: shared spreadsheets or internal lists

Another very common solution, especially inside companies: a spreadsheet or shared document with shifts, routes and names.

On paper it looks tidy. In reality it goes out of date fast. A schedule changes, someone signs up and then cannot make it, another person forgets to update it… and the system stops reflecting what is actually happening.

At the same time, because it is static rather than digital, it cannot benefit from the BBono Energético under the CAE scheme either.

It is a static solution to a moving problem. Getting around every day needs something more flexible, and with better data for companies and employees alike.

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Conclusion: which option is best?

If the goal is to share a car to work for real, consistently and without friction, the best option is the TRIBBU app.

TRIBBU turns a good idea into an easy habit and an efficient system that rewards users while giving companies traceability and data. Nothing is improvised, the financial and environmental impact can be measured, and the arrangement does not collapse the first time a routine changes.

That is why more and more people and companies see TRIBBU as the best way to share a car to work.

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The BBono Energético is the incentive that makes car sharing stick

"Saving more than €100 a month with the TRIBBU app has been my best discovery this year" - Lucía - TRIBBU user

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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1. Can I use TRIBBU even if my company does not have its own community?

Yes, you can use TRIBBU as an individual user even if your company has no community of its own. Just sign up in the app, create your regular journeys (from home to work, for example) and TRIBBU will show you other users near you on similar routes, so you can share a car, save on your commute and generate certified energy savings from day one. If more colleagues join, your company can set up its own corporate community later.

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2. Do I have to use TRIBBU to get the BBono Energético?

Yes, you need to use the TRIBBU app to earn the BBono Energético for your shared journeys. TRIBBU logs your trips, calculates the CO₂ saved and manages the Energy Savings Certificates (CAE) so the driver receives the €0.04 per kilometre and passenger incentive. If you share a car to work without a car sharing app like TRIBBU (using only WhatsApp or a spreadsheet, for instance), those journeys are not certified and generate no BBono Energético.

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3. What are the benefits of a company community on TRIBBU?

Setting up a community for your company brings plenty of benefits. For users, employees get a personalised premium experience with additional incentives, their own internal chat and exclusive promotions. For the business, companies offer a real perk to their staff, measure their carbon footprint reduction and meet the various sustainable mobility regulations.