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A family have described how they were forced to book separate quarantine hotel rooms 100 miles apart because there were no bigger rooms available.

Jennie Bianco, 42, from Sheffield, was in South Africa for work before she was joined by her husband and six-year-old son for a five-day holiday.

But the day after they arrived the country was put on the travel red list, meaning they would have to quarantine for 10 days in a hotel on their return to the UK.

Jennie had already spent £200 to change their flights and £600 to book extra accommodation after she was told there wouldn't be family rooms available for another four days. However, despite several calls to the customer service line they were unable to secure a family room due to a lack of availability.

It meant she had to pay £2,285 for the single room plus £2,610 for the room for her husband and son, rather than getting a discounted family room - and Jennie had to get help from her dad to afford the cost.

There was also no option to request rooms in the same hotel. Her husband and son were placed in Milton Keynes, while she was in Gatwick.

Jennie is also worried about the impact of being separated from her son, who is adopted. "Especially after being together for so long during Covid and the separation anxiety that comes with that. But for him, it’s a particularly difficult situation," she tells the BBC.

A government spokesperson said: "The majority of passengers who have used the managed quarantine service have been satisfied with the service and we aim to keep families together.”