Ranking Score Explained

Hi there, thanks for your interest in how we calculate an experience's ranking score. It's at the core of Rankers so I'm pleased you're curious.

The ranking score percentage is used to compare and sort experiences in ranking tables. It is not necessarily a direct measurement of the quality of a particular experience as rated by its customers. I've found it a useful tool to allow me to find the best experiences with confidence. But I've also found it important to read the customer reviews before making any final judgements!

We calculate an experience's ranking score using a multi-factor data model instead of a raw data average (mean). This model takes into account several important questions. For instance - is there a trusted body of reviews? What is the age of a review and is the review from a credible source?

Below you'll find details around some of the important factors that went into calculating the ranking score for Escape Campervan Rentals.

If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz. We don't believe this is perfect or complete so we're always interested in ways we might make improvements.

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Escape Campervan Rentals

Valid Reviews

275 Valid Reviews

The Escape Campervan Rentals experience has a total of 277 reviews. There are 275 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 invalid reviews that are excluded from the calculation. Reviews can be excluded only when a reviewer is not verified or after an investigation by our team determines the reviewer is not genuine.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 275 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 64
23%
9/10 67
24%
8/10 90
33%
7/10 29
11%
6/10 12
4%
5/10 5
2%
4/10 2
1%
3/10 2
1%
2/10 3
1%
1/10 1
0%

83.05% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Escape Campervan Rentals valid reviews is 83.05% and is based on 275 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Face-to-Face Reviews

193 Face-to-Face Reviews

The Rankers team meets with travellers while they’re in New Zealand and conducts face-to-face surveys. These reviews, in our opinion, are the most trusted in the industry and represent a critical control sample. To our knowledge, we are the only travel review website in the world that has gone to this extent.

More about face-to-face reviews

Within the 275 valid reviews, the experience has 193 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 193 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 22
11%
9/10 45
23%
8/10 85
44%
7/10 28
15%
6/10 9
5%
5/10 3
2%
4/10 1
1%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

81.55% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Escape Campervan Rentals face-to-face reviews is 81.55% and is based on 193 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

85.19%

Rankers calculates a weighted mean as a base average on which we can improve. Individual review's ratings are given a weight based on several factors. The weight of a review determines the overall impact it'll have on the final weighted average.

Recent reviews have more weight as they are more relevant and reflect the experience as it currently operates. Over time reviews become less relevant and loose their impact on the ranking score.

Low rating reviews carry slightly less weight. This dampens the effect of very low ratings for every experience across the board. This is especially important when the experience has few reviews overall and a single negative rating can grossly mischaracterise an experience. Consistent poor reviews will still result in the experience receiving a comparitively low ranking score.

Credible sources provide reviews that can be trusted. If we have verified a reviewer is genuine via a face-to-face meeting then the review carries additional weight.

Reviewer Rating Age Face-to-Face Weight Relative Weight
Alice McCary 9/10 21 days 99.93 100%
Andreas Jonsson 6/10 49 days 99.62 100%
Neil Cook 10/10 49 days 99.62 100%
Francois & Caroline 8/10 80 days 98.99 99%
Brendan Jones 10/10 80 days 98.99 99%
Jack 10/10 172 days 95.31 95%
Jana Fickerova 10/10 325 days 83.26 83%
Felicity Littlefair 8/10 414 days 72.84 73%
Claire Judd 10/10 414 days 72.84 73%
Baudry Manon 10/10 445 days 68.62 69%
Cory Snegirev 10/10 445 days 68.62 69%
Terry Boehmer 2/10 476 days 56.4 56%
Lizzie Edmonds 10/10 502 days true 72.08 72%
Laura Meelynn 9/10 506 days 59.43 59%
Stuart Atkinson 9/10 506 days 59.43 59%
Audrey Barras 9/10 506 days 59.43 59%
Anis Quentin 9/10 509 days true 70.73 71%
Alexandre Grasland 9/10 537 days 54.3 54%
Hannah Martin 10/10 567 days 49.18 49%
CARMERS 5/10 567 days 49.18 49%
Dave Willems 9/10 598 days 44.14 44%
Bruce Crombie 10/10 659 days 35.12 35%
Alix Braouezec 7/10 690 days 30.99 31%
Ben Bryant 10/10 690 days 30.99 31%
Quentin Vercamer 8/10 734 days true 30.78 30%
Rachel Parker 10/10 751 days 23.75 23%
Julie Boboli 10/10 751 days 23.75 23%
Robin Aitchison 8/10 751 days 23.75 23%
Jessica and Jonny Pollard 8/10 752 days true 28.37 28%
ALEXANDRE ESCOT 8/10 754 days true 28.11 28%
Christoph Grubmair 7/10 765 days true 26.71 26%
Matt Tribe 8/10 779 days 20.82 20%
Danielle Ingbrigtson 2/10 810 days 15.73 15%
Ivars Šmits 1/10 810 days 15.19 15%
H Q 10/10 810 days 17.87 17%
Richard Buytendijk 3/10 810 days 16.26 16%
Jacquelyn Fili 10/10 810 days 17.87 17%
Asbjorn Osland 8/10 810 days 17.87 17%
Dubrulle 9/10 829 days true 19.45 19%
Nathalie 9/10 834 days true 18.95 19%
Tom Wouda 6/10 835 days true 18.85 18%
Sascha Pohlers 9/10 841 days 15.22 15%
Jennie Holland 8/10 842 days true 18.17 18%
Connor Hormell 9/10 844 days true 17.98 18%
Rose Guillaume 9/10 852 days true 17.23 17%
romain perroches 7/10 864 days true 16.15 16%
Soria Chher 7/10 864 days true 16.15 16%
Bina Johansson 10/10 864 days true 16.15 16%
Marie-Louise Förster 10/10 871 days 12.95 12%
Roberta Peckham 6/10 871 days 12.95 12%
Rebecca Arthur-Almond 9/10 871 days 12.95 12%
Margo Bernard 10/10 871 days 12.95 12%
Samuel Michalak 8/10 878 days true 14.95 15%
Eveline 9/10 880 days true 14.79 14%
Lorant julie 3/10 902 days 9.92 9%
Tara Friel 10/10 932 days 9.21 9%
Ivanova R 9/10 1084 days true 6.02 6%
Diane T 8/10 1084 days true 6.02 6%
Sarah van den Bos 9/10 1085 days 5.02 5%
Charly 7/10 1089 days true 6.01 6%
Lorenz Pfisterer 9/10 1096 days true 6.0 6%
Ardian G 8/10 1096 days true 6.0 6%
Sophia and Karen 7/10 1098 days true 6.0 6%
Julia 10/10 1101 days true 5.99 5%
Helena 7/10 1108 days true 5.98 5%
Kathryn Nolan 9/10 1109 days true 5.98 5%
Jonathan Foskett 8/10 1111 days true 5.97 5%
Stephan Kirchenbaur 8/10 1111 days true 5.97 5%
Adrien Gaumont 8/10 1112 days true 5.97 5%
Lewis Whittle 6/10 1126 days true 5.95 5%
Gerardo Furtado 10/10 1133 days true 5.94 5%
Eileen Donzal 10/10 1145 days 4.93 4%
Naevon Espiritu 9/10 1145 days 4.93 4%
Leslie MORSS 9/10 1145 days 4.93 4%
Alice and James 8/10 1153 days true 5.9 5%
Audrey and Max 8/10 1158 days true 5.9 5%
Lazarela 10/10 1162 days true 5.89 5%
Mark 9/10 1176 days 4.89 4%
Nathaniel Sutherland 9/10 1176 days 4.89 4%
alban guffroy 10/10 1176 days 4.89 4%
Sabine 6/10 1190 days true 5.84 5%
Sierra Luciano 10/10 1192 days true 5.84 5%
Steffen & Steffen 8/10 1193 days true 5.84 5%
Georgia Coleman 9/10 1197 days true 5.83 5%
Barra Shields 7/10 1213 days true 5.81 5%
Vera Hutman 9/10 1237 days 4.81 4%
Laryssa Kwoczak 4/10 1237 days 4.47 4%
Kate 9/10 1268 days 4.76 4%
Liam Challenger 10/10 1298 days 4.72 4%
vicki scott 10/10 1329 days 4.68 4%
Melissa 10/10 1360 days 4.64 4%
Leigh Herman 10/10 1390 days 4.6 4%
Dusty D 9/10 1390 days 4.6 4%
Stuart Nelson 10/10 1451 days 4.51 4%
Emma 10/10 1482 days 4.47 4%
Elisa Felising 10/10 1506 days true 5.32 5%
Sophie Horn 9/10 1541 days 4.39 4%
Bram and Laura 9/10 1572 days true 5.22 5%
Marie-Emmanuelle Chessé 9/10 1816 days 4.01 4%
Maria-Julia Frilaj 9/10 1824 days true 4.8 4%
Mark 8/10 1829 days true 4.79 4%
Jon Van Wren 10/10 1847 days 3.97 3%
daniele pontarin 9/10 1847 days 3.97 3%
Kathrin Deichmann 9/10 1852 days true 4.76 4%
Bex Hyland 8/10 1856 days true 4.75 4%
Matt Hyland 8/10 1856 days true 4.75 4%
Marinette 8/10 1859 days true 4.74 4%
Marinette 9/10 1862 days true 4.74 4%
Frank Jensen 8/10 1862 days true 4.74 4%
Antton Vappula 8/10 1865 days true 4.73 4%
ursula Jaag 10/10 1875 days 3.93 3%
Rich Schmidt 10/10 1900 days true 4.68 4%
David Monks 10/10 1906 days 3.89 3%
Cato de Haan 10/10 1906 days 3.89 3%
Gemma Woods 10/10 1906 days 3.89 3%
Myrte Crucq 10/10 1906 days 3.89 3%
Reisender Sohn 10/10 1906 days 3.89 3%
Nicolas Trezeguet 9/10 1907 days true 4.67 4%
Emeline Dupre 9/10 1907 days true 4.67 4%
G S 5/10 1937 days 3.85 3%
Jamie 10/10 1967 days 3.81 3%
tim archer 10/10 1967 days 3.81 3%
Kevin McEvoy 10/10 2059 days 3.68 3%
James Ellis 10/10 2090 days 3.64 3%
Aoife 10/10 2151 days 3.55 3%
russell hawkins 10/10 2181 days 3.51 3%
J Andrews 6/10 2212 days 3.47 3%
hector_dan 10/10 2271 days 3.39 3%
lewis done 10/10 2271 days 3.39 3%
Andrew Wemmer 8/10 2300 days true 4.02 4%
Julie Lamart 8/10 2311 days true 4.0 3%
Stevie 8/10 2314 days true 4.0 3%
Megan Child 9/10 2319 days true 3.99 3%
erikduinkerken 9/10 2332 days 3.31 3%
jerseyjim 9/10 2332 days 3.31 3%
Margreet Hanemaaijer 9/10 2563 days true 3.59 3%
Mark Westebring 9/10 2564 days true 3.59 3%
Dana Wetzel 10/10 2564 days true 3.59 3%
Rob Klauer 9/10 2565 days true 3.58 3%
Val Phillips 9/10 2570 days true 3.58 3%
Def Fem 8/10 2572 days true 3.57 3%
Lucy Wilde 9/10 2580 days true 3.56 3%
Dick Stewart 9/10 2582 days true 3.56 3%
Harald 6/10 2586 days true 3.55 3%
Mats Harstedt 7/10 2586 days true 3.55 3%
Vincent & Lian 7/10 2587 days true 3.55 3%
Johann Maier 8/10 2590 days true 3.54 3%
Ozgla 8/10 2590 days true 3.54 3%
Janicha Blumenthal 8/10 2591 days true 3.54 3%
Eline Vakentijn 7/10 2591 days true 3.54 3%
John Forrest 8/10 2591 days true 3.54 3%
Schertenleib 6/10 2593 days true 3.54 3%
Lepied 8/10 2593 days true 3.54 3%
Scott Simpson 8/10 2594 days true 3.54 3%
Filsack 8/10 2598 days true 3.53 3%
Renate Rohlin 8/10 2600 days true 3.53 3%
Sebastian 8/10 2604 days true 3.52 3%
biddybid 9/10 2637 days 2.89 2%
Deirdre Hayes 8/10 2674 days true 3.4 3%
Bart Goovaerts 8/10 2684 days true 3.39 3%
Robin van der Linden 8/10 2894 days true 3.04 3%
Fontvieille 8/10 2895 days true 3.04 3%
Eric Grant 8/10 2917 days true 3.0 2%
Becky Edney 8/10 2917 days true 3.0 2%
Alice Bastiman 7/10 2920 days true 3.0 2%
Claire Colquhoun 9/10 2930 days true 2.98 2%
Vanessa Vogel 7/10 2933 days true 2.98 2%
Melanie Berube 9/10 2934 days true 2.98 2%
Jim & Rebecca 9/10 2935 days true 2.98 2%
Canada 7/10 2935 days true 2.98 2%
jedalton78 10/10 2943 days 2.47 2%
Melanie Gruber 8/10 2944 days true 2.96 2%
Zenager 6/10 2944 days true 2.96 2%
Rebecca Stones 7/10 2945 days true 2.96 2%
Nick Roberts 8/10 2946 days true 2.96 2%
Hartheib Schmid 8/10 2946 days true 2.96 2%
Thomas Reidinger 8/10 2957 days true 2.94 2%
Belony 8/10 2958 days true 2.94 2%
Sven 6/10 2958 days true 2.94 2%
Olivia Carvill 5/10 2959 days true 2.94 2%
Matthias 9/10 2960 days true 2.93 2%
David and Wendy Lucas 8/10 2960 days true 2.93 2%
Kris 8/10 2961 days true 2.93 2%
Leontine van Laar 8/10 2966 days true 2.92 2%
Calvin Parsons 9/10 2971 days true 2.92 2%
Jen1804 10/10 3252 days true 2.45 2%
John Casey 8/10 3289 days true 2.39 2%
Sorcha O's 10/10 3289 days true 2.39 2%
Flora 8/10 3310 days true 2.36 2%
Carolyn Clark 5/10 3310 days true 2.36 2%
Tim 9/10 3315 days true 2.35 2%
Maria Lorentzen 8/10 3315 days true 2.35 2%
Krause 8/10 3317 days true 2.35 2%
Thijs Schoemaker 8/10 3322 days true 2.34 2%
Jackie 8/10 3327 days true 2.33 2%
hermine Petz 8/10 3330 days true 2.33 2%
Ulric 7/10 3330 days true 2.33 2%
Fam Schuijers 8/10 3331 days true 2.32 2%
Rob 8/10 3334 days true 2.32 2%
marcoswi 7/10 3342 days true 2.31 2%
Jens Bo Rykor 8/10 3349 days true 2.29 2%
Ray 8/10 3382 days true 2.24 2%
joannaw 4/10 3383 days true 2.11 2%
florian 8/10 3383 days true 2.24 2%
Sabrina Bazin 9/10 3406 days true 2.2 2%
Laura McDaniel 9/10 3406 days true 2.2 2%
Terry J 5/10 3408 days true 2.2 2%
Christine Van Den Berg Michele Imbach 10/10 3421 days true 2.18 2%
richardh 8/10 3523 days true 2.01 1%
Philipp 6/10 3637 days true 1.82 1%
JasminA 7/10 3642 days true 1.81 1%
jjakkeren 8/10 3642 days true 1.81 1%
rosil 10/10 3642 days true 1.81 1%
Heide 8/10 3645 days true 1.81 1%
Denys 8/10 3647 days true 1.8 1%
Martina Bumiller 10/10 3647 days true 1.8 1%
DennisK 7/10 3654 days true 1.79 1%
LosItaly 9/10 3654 days true 1.79 1%
Enno Brehm 7/10 3654 days true 1.79 1%
Graham 9/10 3656 days true 1.79 1%
AstridVG 7/10 3659 days true 1.79 1%
Gillian 8/10 3662 days true 1.78 1%
VenesJ 9/10 3662 days true 1.78 1%
Silhan 6/10 3662 days true 1.78 1%
DavidHilton 7/10 3662 days true 1.78 1%
Mette 7/10 3673 days true 1.76 1%
Linda 7/10 3674 days true 1.76 1%
RobC1 9/10 3677 days true 1.76 1%
RichardB1 8/10 3677 days true 1.76 1%
JoT 10/10 3677 days true 1.76 1%
RobH 9/10 3678 days true 1.75 1%
Jows 7/10 3679 days true 1.75 1%
Eugene 9/10 3684 days true 1.74 1%
David 9/10 3690 days true 1.73 1%
Lucy 9/10 3693 days true 1.73 1%
markus Kieper 8/10 3693 days true 1.73 1%
markus 8/10 3707 days true 1.71 1%
Chris 8/10 3709 days true 1.7 1%
Kathryn 7/10 3709 days true 1.7 1%
Martha 8/10 3709 days true 1.7 1%
Martina 10/10 3710 days true 1.7 1%
Manuela 10/10 3710 days true 1.7 1%
Andie 7/10 3714 days true 1.69 1%
alex 9/10 3714 days true 1.69 1%
Erik 8/10 3714 days true 1.69 1%
Hans 8/10 3714 days true 1.69 1%
George 9/10 3719 days true 1.69 1%
Ten 8/10 3723 days true 1.68 1%
Mat 8/10 3759 days true 1.62 1%
Alice 8/10 3776 days true 1.59 1%
Rowan 10/10 3788 days true 1.57 1%
abby 8/10 3799 days true 1.56 1%
maria d 10/10 3885 days 1.18 1%
Tim 10/10 3894 days true 1.4 1%
Klaus Uhl 10/10 4025 days true 1.18 1%
Phil Connelly 8/10 4034 days true 1.17 1%
Amanda McCaig 2/10 4038 days 0.85 0%
Bethany Webster 7/10 4041 days true 1.16 1%
Roger and Heather Smith 10/10 4047 days true 1.15 1%
Kevin 8/10 4127 days true 1.02 0%
Kate and Dave 9/10 4244 days true 0.82 0%
Marieke Wilkamp 8/10 4244 days true 0.82 0%
Stacey 8/10 4352 days true 0.65 0%
Michael 8/10 4360 days true 0.63 0%
Sandra 8/10 4366 days true 0.62 0%
Shirley 9/10 4366 days true 0.62 0%
Denise 8/10 4366 days true 0.62 0%
Jill&Ben 8/10 4370 days true 0.62 0%
Sally 8/10 4370 days true 0.62 0%
Chatin Perrier 7/10 4379 days true 0.6 0%
Susan 9/10 4392 days true 0.58 0%
Lucy 9/10 4405 days true 0.56 0%
Lucy 10/10 4407 days true 0.56 0%
Lucy 8/10 4407 days true 0.56 0%
Dave 8/10 4424 days true 0.53 0%

Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The Escape Campervan Rentals experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.29% Adjustment

Recent reviews reflect the experience as it currently operates. This means it's important to get fresh reviews. Some experiences discovered they could get a few good reviews and then, resting on their laurels, discourage any further reviews. This adjustment stimulates experiences to be positively involved in the review generating process and discourages them from manipulating the ranking system in this manner. There may be an adjustment if an experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 60 days.

The Escape Campervan Rentals experience has 5 recent rankings. Adjustments are according to the following table:

Recent Reviews Adjustment
0 -3.00%
1 -2.83%
2 -2.33%
3 -1.50%
4 -0.67%
5 -0.17%
6 -0.00%

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 364 days.

The Escape Campervan Rentals experience has been adjusted for 6 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
……
3 -0.06%
4 -0.08%
5 -0.10%
6 -0.12%
7 -0.14%
8 -0.16%
9 -0.18%
……

Final Ranking Score

85%

The final ranking score once adjustments and rounding has been applied. This value is cached and recalculated each day. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.

If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz.

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