Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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

80.55%

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 1532 days 95%
Kris Shead 9/10 2201 days 100%
Kevin Mcquade 9/10 2201 days 100%
Hayley 8/10 2233 days 98%
Carlos Pellegrini 7/10 2262 days 91%
Tony S 9/10 2262 days 97%
Ignacio Etchechoury 9/10 2293 days 96%
Mikhail Theodorus 9/10 2446 days 89%
Charlie Baggallay 10/10 2476 days 88%
Fred Conyers 9/10 2476 days 87%
Joze Peres 3/10 2477 days 48%
Michaela 9/10 2536 days 85%
Allison 1/10 2536 days 35%
Rike Pilz 3/10 2536 days 47%
Alice 1/10 2536 days 35%
Keisha Quinn 10/10 2597 days 83%
Laurent AUBERTIN 8/10 2597 days 81%
Esmee 10/10 2598 days 83%
Laura Mayer, Tobias Dürr 4/10 2598 days 54%
Nitasha Rehman 7/10 2627 days 76%
Celeste Schwarz 7/10 2627 days 76%
Jaclyn Mills 9/10 2627 days 80%
Hayley Pickering 9/10 2627 days 80%
Imrich Kiss 9/10 2628 days 80%
borha mohd zain 1/10 2628 days 33%
aLVARO Gonzalez 10/10 2658 days 80%
Suhui Hee 8/10 2658 days 78%
David Coleman 9/10 2658 days 79%
Susan Cook 9/10 2811 days 72%
Mark Fitzpatrick 6/10 2841 days 61%
Trina Ludwig 8/10 2841 days 70%
Katherine Hugh 10/10 2900 days 69%
Jacinta Norton 8/10 2931 days 66%
Heather ryckman 4/10 2931 days 44%
Merrit Savener 9/10 2931 days 66%
Kah Yi Choong 8/10 2931 days 66%
Alexandra Coffey 10/10 2962 days 66%
Matiu Iraia 9/10 2962 days 65%
Laura Elliott 10/10 2992 days 64%
Clint Bradley 5/10 2992 days 49%
Felix Haget 9/10 2992 days 64%
sue Winterton 8/10 2992 days 63%
S H 3/10 3023 days 34%
Olli Jarva 7/10 3023 days 59%
Set Lee Chong 9/10 3084 days 59%
MING HUI FONG 8/10 3145 days 56%
Julie Costa 9/10 3176 days 55%
Medro Brodeur 9/10 3176 days 55%
Ylva Teleman 10/10 3233 days 53%
roger loyer 8/10 3237 days 52%
David Henry 8/10 3237 days 52%
Kilian Frank 9/10 3237 days 52%
Trine and Malin 9/10 3240 days 52%
Katey Bell 7/10 3243 days 49%
Natasha Startup 10/10 3249 days 52%
Ron Hawkins 10/10 3265 days 52%
Ana Masu 9/10 3265 days 51%
Heather Balch 9/10 3265 days 51%
Linda Livett 9/10 3265 days 51%
Lily Bruntsch 7/10 3296 days 47%
Slawomir Pegiel 10/10 3296 days 50%
Luiz Noldin 9/10 3296 days 50%
Dana Cranstone 10/10 3297 days 50%
Claudia Schaefer 9/10 3311 days 49%
Adam Pullinger 9/10 3314 days 49%
Kees Mol 7/10 3328 days 45%
Howard Hoshide 9/10 3357 days 47%
Danielle Sandahl 10/10 3357 days 47%
Diego Casanova 8/10 3368 days 46%
Colin Wuerthele 10/10 3388 days 46%
Ronel Coetzer 9/10 3418 days 44%
Marine Audoire 10/10 3570 days 38%
Adda Guðrún 1/10 3571 days 15%
Stacy Johnson 4/10 3571 days 24%
Hedwig Faust 9/10 3571 days 37%
Leisha Saxena 7/10 3578 days 35%
Mathilde 8/10 3584 days 36%
Helene Christensen 8/10 3586 days 36%
Marka Okrutny 10/10 3587 days 37%
Mette Elholm 9/10 3589 days 36%
Olivier Anciaux 9/10 3596 days 36%
Stephen Ophelder 9/10 3603 days 36%
Lauren Goebel 8/10 3603 days 35%
Helena Bond 8/10 3608 days 35%
Michaela Bartotini 6/10 3618 days 30%
Laura Schafer 9/10 3621 days 35%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3636 days 34%
Joanna and Shaun 8/10 3643 days 33%
Mikael Persson 5/10 3644 days 26%
Niels Hoogendooen 9/10 3646 days 34%
Alice Melker 8/10 3647 days 33%
Therese and Matthias 7/10 3649 days 32%
Pekka and Jonna 9/10 3653 days 33%
Josephine 6/10 3658 days 29%
Juliette Keyzer 9/10 3660 days 33%
Melissa Thomas 9/10 3662 days 33%
Adrian Pyrke 8/10 3662 days 33%
Jason Simpson 10/10 3662 days 33%
Alejandro Hahn 9/10 3662 days 33%
Malin Meier 8/10 3686 days 32%
Anna and Derck 7/10 3693 days 30%
lucille ramchundra 8/10 3693 days 31%
Iris Gigacher 9/10 3722 days 30%
Tommy Lynch 8/10 3784 days 27%
Benoit Lochin 9/10 3997 days 18%
Lucas Zegarek 9/10 4027 days 16%
Laurie 9/10 4027 days 16%
Alexis Leneveu 8/10 4035 days 16%
Jam Boggomann 9/10 4055 days 15%
tim winders 9/10 4242 days 6%
Xan Northman 10/10 4242 days 6%
Katharina Jacobs 10/10 4273 days 5%
Nick Giangreco 3/10 4273 days 3%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4302 days 4%
Alisa 8/10 4302 days 4%
Marie Toulemonde 9/10 4313 days 3%
Laura 7/10 4328 days 2%
Helene Andersen 9/10 4329 days 2%
Stephen Revah 5/10 4331 days 2%
d on amos 10/10 4334 days 2%
Gordon Thomas 8/10 4337 days 2%
Sophie Ball 9/10 4362 days 1%
Alexis Redor 7/10 4365 days 1%
Carina Borho 8/10 4368 days 1%
Markus Spitzmueller 8/10 4369 days 0%
Kristina 9/10 4377 days 0%
Volker 9/10 4377 days 0%
Laura Pleumeekers 6/10 4379 days 0%
Steve Sparkes 9/10 4393 days 23%
Deborah Chan 9/10 4393 days 23%
Matt Cook 9/10 4424 days 23%
philip recordon 8/10 4454 days 23%
Leon 10/10 4485 days 24%
laura porta 10/10 4515 days 24%
NIE SHENGXIAN 9/10 4515 days 23%
gannon murphy 9/10 4607 days 23%
tiny ruins 10/10 4638 days 24%
Don Bennett 10/10 4668 days 24%
Stientje van den Heuvel 7/10 4685 days 22%
Tom Somers 7/10 4685 days 22%
Verena 8/10 4690 days 23%
Anja S 9/10 4690 days 23%
Camille Coombes 8/10 4692 days 23%
Mathieu Maran 8/10 4692 days 23%
Evelina Johansson 9/10 4698 days 23%
Sofia Anderson 9/10 4698 days 23%
Raelene Vine 7/10 4699 days 22%
Rogier Ramaker 8/10 4704 days 23%
Tim Sautter 4/10 4712 days 15%
Dee 10/10 4727 days 24%
Dwharks 8/10 4727 days 23%
marypy 6/10 4727 days 20%
Inge 9/10 4727 days 23%
David Stannard 10/10 4758 days 24%
Daniel Bulach 9/10 4758 days 23%
Martyn Kool 8/10 4775 days 23%
Marieke 7/10 4775 days 22%
colmon 10/10 4789 days 24%
Thibault Bonenfant 8/10 4795 days 23%
Thys 7/10 4801 days 22%
John Freeman 5/10 4805 days 18%
Ton Franke 8/10 4805 days 23%
Michel Vourbraak 8/10 4805 days 23%
foxmccleod 10/10 4819 days 24%
vvarrasso 5/10 4850 days 18%
Pauline_Quentin 10/10 4911 days 24%
jeremyliang 10/10 4942 days 24%
Syarifah 10/10 4972 days 24%
Aggie 10/10 5033 days 24%
nej91 9/10 5033 days 23%
Markus Frei 8/10 5050 days 23%
Be Groen 6/10 5056 days 20%
mpbiller 8/10 5064 days 23%
Keith Helen 10/10 5064 days 24%
Madeleine Mueller 8/10 5069 days 23%
Daniel & Manuela 8/10 5070 days 23%
Romla 7/10 5071 days 22%
Ronald Veldman 7/10 5071 days 22%
Kasten Madsen 6/10 5073 days 20%
Ryan Pynappels 7/10 5075 days 22%
Melanie 7/10 5076 days 22%
Ivouue & Alex 9/10 5076 days 23%
Houter 8/10 5078 days 23%
Mary Mitchell 8/10 5078 days 23%
Manuela Weber 4/10 5078 days 15%
Kimberley Mills 8/10 5080 days 23%
Jurg Pfaendler 7/10 5081 days 22%
Kim Thorsted 7/10 5087 days 22%
Claudia & Julian 7/10 5091 days 22%
Lotte Foged 8/10 5091 days 23%
Frank & Julia 8/10 5092 days 23%
JulesR 7/10 5093 days 22%
digbe 8/10 5093 days 23%
Marie Frank 10/10 5093 days 24%
Francis Corrigan 6/10 5094 days 20%
Sanne Ta Stroete 7/10 5144 days 22%
Sashia 8/10 5145 days 23%
Mark & Beth Kaufman 7/10 5159 days 22%
Chris Muller 9/10 5159 days 23%
Sarah and Soren 6/10 5161 days 20%
Jan & Marian 6/10 5167 days 20%
David & Mary-Jane Ryder 8/10 5167 days 23%
Michael Muhlwitz 8/10 5170 days 23%
BertvdK 2/10 5185 days 11%
hayleyemery 10/10 5308 days 24%
nwhitehead1 10/10 5308 days 24%
joeandem 10/10 5338 days 24%
Karen 9/10 5369 days 23%
Stefan Elsenbruch 7/10 5403 days 22%
Thierry Meylan 8/10 5406 days 23%
Maureen Hardy 3/10 5407 days 13%
Sophie Burge 8/10 5407 days 23%
Danielle 8/10 5408 days 23%
Ilse & Thys 8/10 5413 days 23%
Frank & Ruth 8/10 5414 days 23%
Ed Ronan 6/10 5415 days 20%
Thorsten Grocholl 8/10 5417 days 23%
joke 6/10 5417 days 20%
alcatrazz 3/10 5419 days 13%
Monique 8/10 5422 days 23%
Jonathan Cree 7/10 5423 days 22%
Aln 6/10 5424 days 20%
Dave Allen 5/10 5427 days 18%
Victor Lewis 9/10 5427 days 23%
Roman & Esther 7/10 5427 days 22%
Ann-Katrine & Sille 8/10 5428 days 23%
Alan Munday 8/10 5428 days 23%
J van de Vlekkert 9/10 5433 days 23%
Kurmann/Kayser 8/10 5436 days 23%
H Hensen 8/10 5444 days 23%
Laura Hayes 10/10 5445 days 24%
Brian Lind 8/10 5445 days 23%
Angela 7/10 5446 days 22%
Marianne Astorp 5/10 5449 days 18%
Igor Filart 8/10 5453 days 23%
Claire Bulmer 8/10 5453 days 23%
Jan Holger Weib 8/10 5454 days 23%
dodo81 9/10 5458 days 23%
Michellemarie 10/10 5611 days 24%
rinusm 8/10 5731 days 23%
Kavita 9/10 5734 days 23%
Polil 7/10 5781 days 22%
Andy 10/10 5785 days 24%
Hershell 5/10 5787 days 18%
Peter Schmidt 5/10 5795 days 18%
Schlaepfer 8/10 5797 days 23%
jongejan 6/10 5801 days 20%
Jannievan Osnabrugge 4/10 5805 days 15%
th schuermann 5/10 5805 days 18%
Malcolm Glad 8/10 5808 days 23%
Ronny 9/10 5809 days 23%
Lasse Olesen 8/10 5816 days 23%
Monica and Danie. 8/10 5817 days 23%
Annette Schmitt 9/10 5817 days 23%
Nadine Schaee 8/10 5820 days 23%
uleugel 4/10 5832 days 15%
Beute Jacob 7/10 5836 days 22%
Peter Tres 8/10 5838 days 23%
EA Anders 4/10 5840 days 15%
Astrio Gregersen 8/10 5852 days 23%
mariekef 9/10 5869 days 23%
bertramf 10/10 5870 days 24%
martint 8/10 5878 days 23%
katepat 8/10 5885 days 23%
Anita de Boer 7/10 5887 days 22%
Ulyate 6/10 5896 days 20%
Jeanette Larsen 7/10 5897 days 22%
Sara Reekmans 9/10 5908 days 23%
Emily and Alex 9/10 5912 days 23%
Emear Donnelly 7/10 6050 days 22%
ralphl 8/10 6084 days 23%
RolandV 9/10 6113 days 23%
suet 7/10 6129 days 22%
desl 7/10 6129 days 22%
Sally477 9/10 6130 days 23%
Marc_N 8/10 6130 days 23%
StefanieA 3/10 6131 days 13%
Jelle 7/10 6132 days 22%
Dave Ashun 7/10 6136 days 22%
Thomas1646 8/10 6136 days 23%
Lars 9/10 6145 days 23%
SteveW 9/10 6148 days 23%
TobiasK 8/10 6148 days 23%
Rob 8/10 6152 days 23%
Keith 7/10 6153 days 22%
Steve 9/10 6163 days 23%
Heather 7/10 6165 days 22%
Jason 3/10 6168 days 13%
Nikolaj 9/10 6179 days 23%
MattEngland 9/10 6184 days 23%
CharlotteC 9/10 6184 days 23%
SuenSwitzerland 9/10 6188 days 23%
Sheridan Hancock 10/10 6188 days 24%
Henk 8/10 6193 days 23%
Maxim 9/10 6195 days 23%
Rachel 8/10 6195 days 23%
Anna 7/10 6196 days 22%
Thomas 10/10 6197 days 24%
John 9/10 6198 days 23%
Miranda 9/10 6205 days 23%
hanna_and_matt 10/10 6228 days 24%
Jason 7/10 6233 days 22%
Erin 10/10 6280 days 24%
fiona bergin 10/10 6293 days 24%
Anthony 8/10 6509 days 23%
Elizabeth Woodruff 9/10 6509 days 23%
Miranda 8/10 6530 days 23%
Pete 8/10 6618 days 23%
ranker_34 8/10 6731 days 23%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6854 days 23%
Beth 8/10 6856 days 23%
Fran 8/10 6859 days 23%
John 9/10 6862 days 23%
Jane 8/10 6862 days 23%
Chris 7/10 6866 days 22%
Jacob Mille 8/10 6873 days 23%
Yasmin Michael 9/10 6895 days 23%
Suzy 7/10 6899 days 22%
Janne 8/10 6899 days 23%
Andy 7/10 6901 days 22%
Sandra 6/10 6901 days 20%
Colin 7/10 6903 days 22%
Gillian 8/10 6906 days 23%

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

-7.06% 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 44 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 -4.00%
198 -4.02%
199 -4.04%
200 -4.06%
201 -4.08%
202 -4.10%
203 -4.12%

Balancing Adjustment

5.27% 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.