That quarantine process is standard.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/red-amber-and-green-list-rules-for-entering-england?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=dbdeb3c5-9823-45b6-80af-079e3a9fe203&utm_content=weekly
Being from the US, we are rated Amber.
The UK has a list of approved hotels near the airport for quarantine detention.
One of those hotels is a Marriott near LHR and it is my usual hotel when I stop there. I pay roughly 100 pounds per night, and that would be around 1,000 pounds for 10 days. . .except, the UK contracted that all quarantined people MUST pay the 1,750 pounds. I asked if I could get my usual discount and was told NO! I had to pay the full 1,750 pounds.
Sadly, most Brits are like global warming true believers, when it comes to COVID, they UK government has no interest is relaxing restrictions, after all, they know best how to take care of their subjects. The subjects need government help.
Good to see early rumbling in the streets over the UK government behaving like a dictatorship.
Subject vs citizen. . .makes all the difference.
I can see them charging over the usual, since a large part of the hotel rooms can’t be used for normal clientele and they’ll have to contract with hazmat to clean the rooms afterwards - maybe even toss mattresses and linens for those testing positive. And who wants to stay the night in a quarantine hotel? Now, if it was 4x the rate, there might be a gripe, but objectively it sounds fair.