I find myself in need of a basic website - an online CV/presence plus blog. Very basic, static, little other than text. I'd be amazed if I get more than a dozen hits a month from people who aren't me or related to me. But this is also an opportunity to learn something new and play around with some new (for me) tools, so want to experiment with Wix, Weebly and Squarespace. For now, I don't want to maintain anything other than content, so have focussed only on SaaS options.

For this type of website, is there going to be any kind of real-world performance impact from where and how the provider hosts the website? I've seen that Umbrellar re-sells the Weebly design tools to host sites locally in New Zealand. But other than that, I am guessing all 3 will be offshore only.

Basically, I am going to have a play with all 3. Can I decide which one to use just based on preferred interface/themes/functionality, or do I really need to do some kind of performance testing too?