Get unbiased advice before you buy. Tripod can claim to have it all.
Tripod does however have some problems.
Then I noticed some images didn't load fully, now I admit it may be my crazy Mac, but it kept happening. After that experience we changed hosts and URLs. The site manager seemed to be easy enough, but Geocities may just hold that crown. Tripod has several templates, it also has a good number of site add ons to chose from.