Friendly E-News November 2003   www.nzhomestay.co.nz                               

1.         Introduction.

2.         Statistics.

3.         General.

1.         Introduction.

During October we switched off our old web site.  The transition to this, our new web site www.nzhomestay.co.nz  (which includes the instant on line booking system), has been completed successfully and is now behind us.  

2.         Statistics.

                                                October 2003              October 2002

Average Visitors per day           614                              484

Average Hits per visitor             15.43                           14.98

No. Hits                                   290,712                        221,552

No of countries visiting             64                                65

We now know exactly how many bed nights are confirmed booked as distinct from just knowing the number of bed nights requested under the old system.  We will therefore not be able to compare trends of confirmed bookings by looking at the same month in past years, until this time next year.

However:

33.87% of our Hosts received confirmed bookings during October 2003. (Up from 28% in September 2003).

Visitors from 13 Countries made confirmed bookings during October 2003. (Up from 8 in September 2003).

3.         General.

From the first of November 2003 we have been able to refocus completely on bringing in business for our Hosts.  We are well into new marketing programs.

Thank you to all of our Hosts who have patiently worked through this process with us over the past 5 months.                                          

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