Ranking Score Explained

Kia ora, 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 Spaceships.

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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Spaceships

Valid Reviews

323 Valid Reviews

The Spaceships experience has a total of 338 reviews. There are 323 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 15 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 323 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 46
14%
9/10 87
27%
8/10 94
29%
7/10 48
15%
6/10 16
5%
5/10 10
3%
4/10 8
2%
3/10 8
2%
2/10 1
0%
1/10 5
2%

78.64% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Spaceships valid reviews is 78.64% and is based on 323 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

199 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 323 valid reviews, the experience has 199 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 199 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 10
5%
9/10 42
21%
8/10 76
38%
7/10 41
21%
6/10 14
7%
5/10 7
4%
4/10 5
3%
3/10 4
2%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

76.58% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Spaceships face-to-face reviews is 76.58% and is based on 199 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

80.46%

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 Relative Weight
Stephania Zambrano 1/10 1495 days 100%
Kris Shead 9/10 2164 days 94%
Kevin Mcquade 9/10 2164 days 94%
Hayley 8/10 2196 days 92%
Carlos Pellegrini 7/10 2225 days 86%
Tony S 9/10 2225 days 92%
Ignacio Etchechoury 9/10 2256 days 90%
Mikhail Theodorus 9/10 2409 days 84%
Charlie Baggallay 10/10 2439 days 83%
Fred Conyers 9/10 2439 days 82%
Joze Peres 3/10 2440 days 45%
Michaela 9/10 2499 days 80%
Allison 1/10 2499 days 32%
Rike Pilz 3/10 2499 days 43%
Alice 1/10 2499 days 32%
Keisha Quinn 10/10 2560 days 78%
Laurent AUBERTIN 8/10 2560 days 76%
Esmee 10/10 2561 days 78%
Laura Mayer, Tobias Dürr 4/10 2561 days 51%
Nitasha Rehman 7/10 2590 days 71%
Celeste Schwarz 7/10 2590 days 71%
Jaclyn Mills 9/10 2590 days 76%
Hayley Pickering 9/10 2590 days 76%
Imrich Kiss 9/10 2591 days 76%
borha mohd zain 1/10 2591 days 31%
aLVARO Gonzalez 10/10 2621 days 75%
Suhui Hee 8/10 2621 days 74%
David Coleman 9/10 2621 days 75%
Susan Cook 9/10 2774 days 68%
Mark Fitzpatrick 6/10 2804 days 58%
Trina Ludwig 8/10 2804 days 66%
Katherine Hugh 10/10 2863 days 65%
Jacinta Norton 8/10 2894 days 62%
Heather ryckman 4/10 2894 days 41%
Merrit Savener 9/10 2894 days 63%
Kah Yi Choong 8/10 2894 days 62%
Alexandra Coffey 10/10 2925 days 62%
Matiu Iraia 9/10 2925 days 62%
Laura Elliott 10/10 2955 days 61%
Clint Bradley 5/10 2955 days 46%
Felix Haget 9/10 2955 days 60%
sue Winterton 8/10 2955 days 60%
S H 3/10 2986 days 32%
Olli Jarva 7/10 2986 days 55%
Set Lee Chong 9/10 3047 days 56%
MING HUI FONG 8/10 3108 days 53%
Julie Costa 9/10 3139 days 52%
Medro Brodeur 9/10 3139 days 52%
Ylva Teleman 10/10 3196 days 50%
roger loyer 8/10 3200 days 49%
David Henry 8/10 3200 days 49%
Kilian Frank 9/10 3200 days 50%
Trine and Malin 9/10 3203 days 50%
Katey Bell 7/10 3206 days 46%
Natasha Startup 10/10 3212 days 50%
Ron Hawkins 10/10 3228 days 49%
Ana Masu 9/10 3228 days 49%
Heather Balch 9/10 3228 days 49%
Linda Livett 9/10 3228 days 49%
Lily Bruntsch 7/10 3259 days 44%
Slawomir Pegiel 10/10 3259 days 48%
Luiz Noldin 9/10 3259 days 47%
Dana Cranstone 10/10 3260 days 48%
Claudia Schaefer 9/10 3274 days 47%
Adam Pullinger 9/10 3277 days 46%
Kees Mol 7/10 3291 days 43%
Howard Hoshide 9/10 3320 days 45%
Danielle Sandahl 10/10 3320 days 45%
Diego Casanova 8/10 3331 days 44%
Colin Wuerthele 10/10 3351 days 44%
Ronel Coetzer 9/10 3381 days 42%
Marine Audoire 10/10 3533 days 36%
Adda Guðrún 1/10 3534 days 14%
Stacy Johnson 4/10 3534 days 23%
Hedwig Faust 9/10 3534 days 35%
Leisha Saxena 7/10 3541 days 33%
Mathilde 8/10 3547 days 34%
Helene Christensen 8/10 3549 days 34%
Marka Okrutny 10/10 3550 days 35%
Mette Elholm 9/10 3552 days 35%
Olivier Anciaux 9/10 3559 days 34%
Stephen Ophelder 9/10 3566 days 34%
Lauren Goebel 8/10 3566 days 34%
Helena Bond 8/10 3571 days 33%
Michaela Bartotini 6/10 3581 days 29%
Laura Schafer 9/10 3584 days 33%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3599 days 32%
Joanna and Shaun 8/10 3606 days 32%
Mikael Persson 5/10 3607 days 25%
Niels Hoogendooen 9/10 3609 days 32%
Alice Melker 8/10 3610 days 32%
Therese and Matthias 7/10 3612 days 30%
Pekka and Jonna 9/10 3616 days 32%
Josephine 6/10 3621 days 27%
Juliette Keyzer 9/10 3623 days 32%
Melissa Thomas 9/10 3625 days 31%
Adrian Pyrke 8/10 3625 days 31%
Jason Simpson 10/10 3625 days 32%
Alejandro Hahn 9/10 3625 days 31%
Malin Meier 8/10 3649 days 30%
Anna and Derck 7/10 3656 days 28%
lucille ramchundra 8/10 3656 days 30%
Iris Gigacher 9/10 3685 days 29%
Tommy Lynch 8/10 3747 days 26%
Benoit Lochin 9/10 3960 days 17%
Lucas Zegarek 9/10 3990 days 16%
Laurie 9/10 3990 days 16%
Alexis Leneveu 8/10 3998 days 15%
Jam Boggomann 9/10 4018 days 15%
tim winders 9/10 4204 days 7%
Xan Northman 10/10 4204 days 7%
Katharina Jacobs 10/10 4235 days 5%
Nick Giangreco 3/10 4235 days 2%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4265 days 4%
Alisa 8/10 4265 days 4%
Marie Toulemonde 9/10 4276 days 3%
Laura 7/10 4291 days 3%
Helene Andersen 9/10 4292 days 3%
Stephen Revah 5/10 4294 days 2%
d on amos 10/10 4297 days 3%
Gordon Thomas 8/10 4300 days 2%
Sophie Ball 9/10 4325 days 1%
Alexis Redor 7/10 4328 days 1%
Carina Borho 8/10 4331 days 1%
Markus Spitzmueller 8/10 4332 days 1%
Kristina 9/10 4340 days 1%
Volker 9/10 4340 days 1%
Laura Pleumeekers 6/10 4342 days 0%
Steve Sparkes 9/10 4356 days 0%
Deborah Chan 9/10 4356 days 0%
Matt Cook 9/10 4387 days 21%
philip recordon 8/10 4417 days 21%
Leon 10/10 4448 days 21%
laura porta 10/10 4477 days 21%
NIE SHENGXIAN 9/10 4477 days 21%
gannon murphy 9/10 4569 days 21%
tiny ruins 10/10 4600 days 21%
Don Bennett 10/10 4631 days 21%
Stientje van den Heuvel 7/10 4648 days 20%
Tom Somers 7/10 4648 days 20%
Verena 8/10 4653 days 21%
Anja S 9/10 4653 days 21%
Camille Coombes 8/10 4655 days 21%
Mathieu Maran 8/10 4655 days 21%
Evelina Johansson 9/10 4661 days 21%
Sofia Anderson 9/10 4661 days 21%
Raelene Vine 7/10 4662 days 20%
Rogier Ramaker 8/10 4667 days 21%
Tim Sautter 4/10 4675 days 13%
Dee 10/10 4690 days 21%
Dwharks 8/10 4690 days 21%
marypy 6/10 4690 days 18%
Inge 9/10 4690 days 21%
David Stannard 10/10 4721 days 21%
Daniel Bulach 9/10 4721 days 21%
Martyn Kool 8/10 4738 days 21%
Marieke 7/10 4738 days 20%
colmon 10/10 4752 days 21%
Thibault Bonenfant 8/10 4758 days 21%
Thys 7/10 4764 days 20%
John Freeman 5/10 4768 days 16%
Ton Franke 8/10 4768 days 21%
Michel Vourbraak 8/10 4768 days 21%
foxmccleod 10/10 4782 days 21%
vvarrasso 5/10 4813 days 16%
Pauline_Quentin 10/10 4873 days 21%
jeremyliang 10/10 4904 days 21%
Syarifah 10/10 4934 days 21%
Aggie 10/10 4996 days 21%
nej91 9/10 4996 days 21%
Markus Frei 8/10 5013 days 21%
Be Groen 6/10 5019 days 18%
mpbiller 8/10 5027 days 21%
Keith Helen 10/10 5027 days 21%
Madeleine Mueller 8/10 5032 days 21%
Daniel & Manuela 8/10 5033 days 21%
Romla 7/10 5034 days 20%
Ronald Veldman 7/10 5034 days 20%
Kasten Madsen 6/10 5036 days 18%
Ryan Pynappels 7/10 5038 days 20%
Melanie 7/10 5039 days 20%
Ivouue & Alex 9/10 5039 days 21%
Houter 8/10 5041 days 21%
Mary Mitchell 8/10 5041 days 21%
Manuela Weber 4/10 5041 days 13%
Kimberley Mills 8/10 5043 days 21%
Jurg Pfaendler 7/10 5044 days 20%
Kim Thorsted 7/10 5050 days 20%
Claudia & Julian 7/10 5054 days 20%
Lotte Foged 8/10 5054 days 21%
Frank & Julia 8/10 5055 days 21%
JulesR 7/10 5056 days 20%
digbe 8/10 5056 days 21%
Marie Frank 10/10 5056 days 21%
Francis Corrigan 6/10 5057 days 18%
Sanne Ta Stroete 7/10 5107 days 20%
Sashia 8/10 5108 days 21%
Mark & Beth Kaufman 7/10 5122 days 20%
Chris Muller 9/10 5122 days 21%
Sarah and Soren 6/10 5124 days 18%
Jan & Marian 6/10 5130 days 18%
David & Mary-Jane Ryder 8/10 5130 days 21%
Michael Muhlwitz 8/10 5133 days 21%
BertvdK 2/10 5148 days 9%
hayleyemery 10/10 5270 days 21%
nwhitehead1 10/10 5270 days 21%
joeandem 10/10 5300 days 21%
Karen 9/10 5331 days 21%
Stefan Elsenbruch 7/10 5366 days 20%
Thierry Meylan 8/10 5369 days 21%
Maureen Hardy 3/10 5370 days 11%
Sophie Burge 8/10 5370 days 21%
Danielle 8/10 5371 days 21%
Ilse & Thys 8/10 5376 days 21%
Frank & Ruth 8/10 5377 days 21%
Ed Ronan 6/10 5378 days 18%
Thorsten Grocholl 8/10 5380 days 21%
joke 6/10 5380 days 18%
alcatrazz 3/10 5382 days 11%
Monique 8/10 5385 days 21%
Jonathan Cree 7/10 5386 days 20%
Aln 6/10 5387 days 18%
Dave Allen 5/10 5390 days 16%
Victor Lewis 9/10 5390 days 21%
Roman & Esther 7/10 5390 days 20%
Ann-Katrine & Sille 8/10 5391 days 21%
Alan Munday 8/10 5391 days 21%
J van de Vlekkert 9/10 5396 days 21%
Kurmann/Kayser 8/10 5399 days 21%
H Hensen 8/10 5407 days 21%
Laura Hayes 10/10 5408 days 21%
Brian Lind 8/10 5408 days 21%
Angela 7/10 5409 days 20%
Marianne Astorp 5/10 5412 days 16%
Igor Filart 8/10 5416 days 21%
Claire Bulmer 8/10 5416 days 21%
Jan Holger Weib 8/10 5417 days 21%
dodo81 9/10 5421 days 21%
Michellemarie 10/10 5573 days 21%
rinusm 8/10 5693 days 21%
Kavita 9/10 5696 days 21%
Polil 7/10 5744 days 20%
Andy 10/10 5748 days 21%
Hershell 5/10 5750 days 16%
Peter Schmidt 5/10 5758 days 16%
Schlaepfer 8/10 5760 days 21%
jongejan 6/10 5764 days 18%
Jannievan Osnabrugge 4/10 5768 days 13%
th schuermann 5/10 5768 days 16%
Malcolm Glad 8/10 5771 days 21%
Ronny 9/10 5772 days 21%
Lasse Olesen 8/10 5779 days 21%
Monica and Danie. 8/10 5780 days 21%
Annette Schmitt 9/10 5780 days 21%
Nadine Schaee 8/10 5783 days 21%
uleugel 4/10 5795 days 13%
Beute Jacob 7/10 5799 days 20%
Peter Tres 8/10 5801 days 21%
EA Anders 4/10 5803 days 13%
Astrio Gregersen 8/10 5815 days 21%
mariekef 9/10 5832 days 21%
bertramf 10/10 5833 days 21%
martint 8/10 5841 days 21%
katepat 8/10 5848 days 21%
Anita de Boer 7/10 5850 days 20%
Ulyate 6/10 5859 days 18%
Jeanette Larsen 7/10 5860 days 20%
Sara Reekmans 9/10 5871 days 21%
Emily and Alex 9/10 5875 days 21%
Emear Donnelly 7/10 6012 days 20%
ralphl 8/10 6046 days 21%
RolandV 9/10 6075 days 21%
suet 7/10 6092 days 20%
desl 7/10 6092 days 20%
Sally477 9/10 6092 days 21%
Marc_N 8/10 6093 days 21%
StefanieA 3/10 6094 days 11%
Jelle 7/10 6095 days 20%
Dave Ashun 7/10 6099 days 20%
Thomas1646 8/10 6099 days 21%
Lars 9/10 6108 days 21%
SteveW 9/10 6111 days 21%
TobiasK 8/10 6111 days 21%
Rob 8/10 6115 days 21%
Keith 7/10 6116 days 20%
Steve 9/10 6126 days 21%
Heather 7/10 6128 days 20%
Jason 3/10 6131 days 11%
Nikolaj 9/10 6142 days 21%
MattEngland 9/10 6147 days 21%
CharlotteC 9/10 6147 days 21%
SuenSwitzerland 9/10 6151 days 21%
Sheridan Hancock 10/10 6151 days 21%
Henk 8/10 6156 days 21%
Maxim 9/10 6158 days 21%
Rachel 8/10 6158 days 21%
Anna 7/10 6159 days 20%
Thomas 10/10 6160 days 21%
John 9/10 6161 days 21%
Miranda 9/10 6168 days 21%
hanna_and_matt 10/10 6191 days 21%
Jason 7/10 6196 days 20%
Erin 10/10 6243 days 21%
fiona bergin 10/10 6255 days 21%
Anthony 8/10 6472 days 21%
Elizabeth Woodruff 9/10 6472 days 21%
Miranda 8/10 6493 days 21%
Pete 8/10 6581 days 21%
ranker_34 8/10 6693 days 21%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6816 days 21%
Beth 8/10 6818 days 21%
Fran 8/10 6821 days 21%
John 9/10 6824 days 21%
Jane 8/10 6824 days 21%
Chris 7/10 6828 days 20%
Jacob Mille 8/10 6835 days 21%
Yasmin Michael 9/10 6858 days 21%
Suzy 7/10 6862 days 20%
Janne 8/10 6862 days 21%
Andy 7/10 6864 days 20%
Sandra 6/10 6864 days 18%
Colin 7/10 6866 days 20%
Gillian 8/10 6869 days 21%

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 Spaceships experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-7.07% 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.

What constitutes a recent review is based on the how old it is, what type of experience it is applied to and and what time of year it currently is. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, what is considered recent is dynamically adjusted throughout the year.

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received enough reviews within the last 42 days. The Spaceships experience has 0 recent rankings. Adjustments are according to the following table:

Recent Reviews Adjustment
0 -3.00%
1 -2.63%
2 -1.50%
3 -0.38%
4 -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 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.

The Spaceships experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -4.01%
198 -4.03%
199 -4.05%
200 -4.07%
201 -4.09%
202 -4.11%
203 -4.13%

Balancing Adjustment

5.32% Adjustment

Every experience's review score is adjusted to balance out the disproportional number of negative reviews that are contributed.

You won't be surprised to learn that disgruntled customers are more likely to leave a review than happy ones. They are motivated to share their experience and warn others. We consider this a good thing and it's why reading the reviews is important. However we've learned it can misrepresent the experience in a more overall sense.

We apply a balancing adjustment to counteract this effect and ensure the ranking score is a more fair representation of the experience. This adjustment is applied equally to all experiences.

Onboarding Rating

This rating is about customer service and camper availability. It measures aspects of the customer journey that are often missing from online ratings. It includes performances based on: pre-booking communication, product availability and responsiveness to customer enquiries.

All metrics come from actual customer interactions.

Details are calculated daily from statistics over several years and merged with the score derived from customer reviews - to then form the final ranking score.

Final Ranking Score

66%

The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and rounding has been applied. This value is recalculated each day and a short rolling average is applied. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.