Dubai Update

Is the war over? Hope for my Airbnbs. I'm scared to say this out loud, but this war might actually be over. But this war might actually be over. Running an Airbnb business in Dubai has been the scariest thing ever. And I've been coming on here and sharing my fears and trying to be honest as possible because it has not been rosy and hunky dory. We've been getting cancellations like crazy. We've been having to put the prices on the floor. But my God is bigger than everybody's negativity. Because we might be able to see a bit of light on the other side of the tunnel. Trump has just announced a five-day truce, essentially. As soon as it was announced, within 30 minutes, I found out about, within about 20 minutes of that, I started to get new bookings. I started to get new bookings, guys. There's still hope left. There's still life left. And I'm telling you, if this war is those of you that left comments to say that me and my business were finished, back to sender. It really messes with you when you want to be happy about something, you've seen good news with someone like Trump, you don't even know whether you should be settled in the spirit, whether you should take it seriously. A business to run, you still have to increase the morale of your team. And I sent the tweet to my girls and I said, look, it looks like it's nearly done, and they're all screaming, "Fuck, finally!" Close the calendar immediately. HA HA HA. Funny thing is that we've already started conversations to the landlords of the units back or have some rent negotiation or some sort of negotiation. And then here I am starting to receive new bookings because people are actually coming back to Dubai immediately, which is what I thought would happen. But to see it is so beautiful. Now in my team, I've told them to close the calendar entirely and only leave the next month open, so no one books cheap in the future. The rest of the day, fixing my pricing so that we are ready. We're back in business, baby! Like the way I felt for the last four weeks, my mental health, my emotions, everything has been in the bin. And I have really showed myself, proved to myself that I am meant to be an entrepreneur because I have been so resilient, pushed myself to do things I don't feel like doing, even when I feel like crap. It has not been hunky dory in Dubai. It's been very, very difficult, especially if you're a parent. I'm currently homeschooling two boys whilst paying school fees for this. But all the schools on top of everything else with your family calling, checking you're okay. And me being determined and me being like, I have to go home. Ah, I can't believe we've made it. Kind of, hopefully it's over. Hopefully I don't have to make a video in the next three days being like, "Oh, Trump changed his mind." But as always, I'm gonna keep sharing these updates, keep trying to be honest and just pouring my heart out to you guys because it has been so horrible.