Coronavirus: Travellers rushing back from France say tickets were 'disappearing very, very fast'
One woman said she left her two children and husband in France in a bid to make the final Eurostar train before the quarantine rules changed.
"This quarantine makes no sense because when my husband gets back, he will have to self-isolate in the same house. This is all just utter madness."She added she is worried that her daughters will still be in isolation when most schools return on 2 September. The move will come as a huge blow to the French tourism industry, which relies heavily on visitors from the UK.Alex Bootle, 21, who was visiting his father in Nice, reluctantly made the decision to travel back because he is due to start university next month.
"I couldn't do two weeks inside. I have got things to do before starting uni. I'm not doing two weeks inside, no thank you."On Thursday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said an estimated 160,000 holidaymakers in France would have to self-isolate for 14 days if they returned to the UK after 4am today.
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