Getting coversion rates of tour guide bookings up

I would like today to look for some feedback and suggestions on how OurExplorer can get higher conversion rates for the tour guides.
By this I mean - getting more visitors of www.ourexplorer.com to actually book a tour guide of their choice before they leave the site.

- Does the homepage of www.ourexplorer.com need to change?
- If yes, how can it change to put more focus on tour guide bookings?

Cheers
Dave C

Do tour guide photos help build client trust?

I am always interested when some of the tour guides on OurExplorer do not add their profile photo. I wonder, why not invest an extra minute to complete your profile and then get the benefit from many client bookings later.

Or does a profile photo of a tour guide actually add value and build trust in a potential client?
Would you book a stranger you never saw or a friendly face you trusted more?

Explore the World Through Local Eyes: OurExplorer Launches

Hailed as "the travel service innovation of 2008" by the Irish Times July 16 - OurExplorer facilitates with ease the on-line booking of professional tourist guides from all over the world. Save time and money while you explore your next destination with the wisdom and guidance of a local.

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Interesting led for tourist guides

Well, I had to share this new piece of data with you. Not only is OurExplorer getting 4,000 unique hits per month ahead of expectations - but the most tourist guide bookings are coming from Cruise websites and people on Cruises booking things to do at their next city stop.

Really exciting for a person on a cruise to know the wisdom of a tourist guide awaits for them and enhances the whole travel experience!
Any more ideas where tourist guide can get large booking numbers from?

OurExplorer Tourist guide booking live - June 13th

Well, it finally happened over the weekend. The OurExplorer tourist guide booking tool went up and live. Tourist guides can now be booked on online directly by clients.
Then user rated and commented on post the booking - which is all stored and displayed for future clients to share and enjoy.

So if you are a tourist guide or an adventure traveller have a look today.
What do you think OurExplorer can do better?

Tourist Guide Bookings Site Launch - June 13th

It's been a hard and long road for the OurExplorer team but we finally have the end in sight.
The first true on-line booking system for tourist guides is going live officially on Friday june 13th 2008.
The OurExplorer team have already registered over 200 tourist guides from over 60 countries around the world and the site is still not even live - an anazing acheivement.
Following the success of early tourist guide registeration OurExplorer have decided to make it FREE for all tourist guides to register on the site for the fore seeable future.
The OurExplorer purpose is to help tourist guides increase their income via this global booking tool. Only 2 weeks to go now!!
Why not look at the beta today and give me some feedback?

OurExplorer is live for tour guide registeration

We are there at last, www.ourexplorer.com goes live just from today for full local private tour guide registeration.
Extra tour guide bookings at no extra cost for the tour guide.
I hope you all like the design and navigation of the site. The next step now is to get the registered tour guide numbers to over 1,000 across the world so OurExplorer becomes a valuable resource to travellers.
It benefits all tour guides to have high traffic hits to the site and then bookings on their profiles.
Please try and register today.