Click on the links to the right to find out about our website and the services we offer or read some of the comments from our satisfied NZ clients below.

"We are very satisfied with the service provided by Friendly Connections, and it is quite apparent that a lot of effort goes into getting nzhomestay onto search engines. We are happy with the page design end the speed with which it loads, the indexing and navigation to the various separate B&B pages. We are pleased with the prompt service to make changes to our page and reasonable charges to do so. Also the very reasonable cost to have our page on the site.

Although I have the technical ability to make my own web site, I prefer to use the services of Friendly Connections and nzhomestay as the site to which I refer people on our pamphlets because I do not have the time nor expertise to get it onto as many search engines as Friendly Connections have done. The only dispute I have had (minor, but not resolved) concerns the fact that I also advertise through Friars who agreed to have nzhomestay as my site on my page on their site provided that Friendly connections reciprocate. To date Friendly Connections see it as a disadvantage to reciprocate because of the exposure this would be giving potential nzhomestay customers (who found the nzhomestay site by web search) to Friars and their advertisers. If Friars remove nzhomestay from my page then I may be forced into having my own page.

With regard to the business generated by the nzhomestay site, the ratio of the value of business to cost of advertising on nzhomestay makes advertising on the site by far the most effective of our current advertising. However, because all my pamphlets refer the reader to nzhomestay it is possible that many of our customers who contact us through nzhomestay may have been led there reading our pamphlets first rather than by searching the web or using a search engine."

Nzhomestay is careful only to accept properties which meet their criteria for quality, I was happy with the manner of their inspection of our property and I am happy with quality of other properties on the site. They have also been careful to give effective service by restricting the number of properties in close proximity to each other.

In summary, we are happy with the service and the results of advertising with Friendly Connections and would recommend their services to any B&B of suitable quality.

Graham and Jenny Sorell
Cavendish House
www.nzhomestay.co.nz/sorell.html

"Your standard of service and the level of business generated by Friendly Connections Ltd? What can I say..... you've heard it all before.

I cannot speak highly enough of the friendly and competent service we have received. Friendly Connections Ltd is well named, as we have come to regard you all as our friends as well as our business associates. Anything I have asked of you has been done as quickly and effectively as possible. Since we joined we have felt the tangible benefits in a 75% increase in our bed nights most of which have been as advance bookings which have enabled us to plan ahead. Today I believe at least 50% of our advance bookings are direct from Friendly Connections Ltd and many of our guests that contact us by email have also found us through the Friendly Connections Ltd website. We received regular feedback on the sites performance and changes to our own advertising can be made as soon as they are needed.

Thank you for everything you have done to make our business perform so well."

Robyn Parker
Mataura Valley Station
www.nzhomestay.co.nz/parker.htm

"How exciting to have an Australian connection. Your website gets amazing results and I have links to it from around the world. About half our bookings originate from your site. It is so good to have experts finding the right search engines etc."

Jenny and Peter Rayne
Tekapo House
www.nzhomestay.co.nz/rayne.htm

"Yes I can say that you are very quick and efficient on the job and that your site has generated more than anticipated. Was very pleased with the original layout which I still have."

June Stratford
Catlins Farmstay
www.nzhomestay.co.nz/stratford.htm

"Thank you for the service that you provide. We get alot of bookings via your site and we meet up with wonderful people that stay with us, which we really enjoy the company and the conversation. Also the World comes to us."

Gyneth & David Robins
Cricklewood Farm stay
www.nzhomestay.co.nz/robin.html