If you have to use the car, why not save some money and see if there’s someone in your area who might be travelling in the same direction?
If you’re interested to see who’s travelling your way but just don’t know where to start, sign up to Kent and Medway Journey Share. It’s a free online platform that allows you to set up a personal account where you can see others who are also signed up and whether you have any matches to your journey.
Another alternative to this is Faxi , also free to individual users, where you can set up your own closed or open groups.