‘We’re furious to be forced to return early. We waited so long for this trip’

HOLIDAYMAKERS last night voiced their frustration as they returned to Britain after being forced to cut short their trips to the Balearic islands to avoid new quarantine rules.

Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca and Formentera will move from the green to the amber list of destinations at 4am tomorrow, meaning those who have not been double vaccinated will have to self-isolate for up to ten days.

Web designer Ella Sharples and her boyfriend Ryan Grogan had to cut short their two-week break in Ibiza. Arriving at Manchester Airport yesterday, Ms Sharples, 23, from Newcastle, said: ‘I’m angry because we have waited so long for this holiday and we have had to come back four days early. I’ve not been doubled-jabbed and I was told by work I wouldn’t be able to isolate, so we had no option.

‘It has cost nearly £300 to change the flights. We didn’t book to go until Ibiza was on the green list and now it’s going back to amber. It’s the uncertainty that is the worst aspect of it.’

Another passenger arriving at Stansted Airport said he had intended to spend three months in Ibiza, but the decision to move the island on to the amber list had reduced that to a month. ‘We were going to stay for 90 days but then they brought in the new restrictions, so we thought we had better come home,’ he said.

The Balearics, visited annually by 3.8million Britons, were only put on

‘It’s the uncertainty that is the worst aspect of it all’

the green list three weeks ago, but demoted again on Wednesday after cases doubled.

However, despite the imposition of the new restrictions, many appeared to have decided to stay on the islands and endure self-isolation when they return.

Returning from Majorca on schedule, Linda Holgate, 62, from Harrogate in North Yorkshire, yesterday said: ‘It’s a real shame for the hospitality trade over there because they are taking every possible step to ensure we were as safe as possible.’