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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 Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park.
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.
Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park
Valid Reviews
131 Valid Reviews
The Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park experience has a total of 131 valid reviews. There are no 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 131 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 10 |
|
8% |
| 9/10 | 22 |
|
17% |
| 8/10 | 36 |
|
27% |
| 7/10 | 22 |
|
17% |
| 6/10 | 13 |
|
10% |
| 5/10 | 9 |
|
7% |
| 4/10 | 7 |
|
5% |
| 3/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 2/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
| 1/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
70.08% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park valid reviews is 70.08% and is based on 131 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
82 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 131 valid reviews, the experience has 82 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 82 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 8 |
|
10% |
| 9/10 | 17 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 24 |
|
29% |
| 7/10 | 16 |
|
20% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 4 |
|
5% |
| 4/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
75.24% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 75.24% and is based on 82 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
61.74%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Rose | 2/10 | 214 days | 48% |
| Susan Melgaard Rasmussen | 5/10 | 242 days | 79% |
| Bent Vinther 55 Rasmussen | 6/10 | 242 days | 90% |
| Alexa Flecke-Vedovelli | 8/10 | 304 days | 100% |
| Eline & Dave | 8/10 | 487 days | 91% |
| Eve Catherwood | 5/10 | 548 days | 68% |
| Laura | 7/10 | 607 days | 79% |
| Sarah Kot | 7/10 | 638 days | 77% |
| Angelina Janus | 6/10 | 638 days | 71% |
| Esther | 3/10 | 944 days | 29% |
| Shaun | 1/10 | 1004 days | 19% |
| Walnstein | 6/10 | 1096 days | 33% |
| Carrie | 7/10 | 1310 days | 20% |
| Arie | 5/10 | 1338 days | 15% |
| Ray G | 4/10 | 1369 days | 12% |
| laurie M haysom | 9/10 | 1826 days | 5% |
| Murray Gamlin | 5/10 | 1979 days | 4% |
| Alexis | 4/10 | 2313 days | 3% |
| Cass | 8/10 | 2587 days | 4% |
| Michelle | 4/10 | 2679 days | 2% |
| Me | 3/10 | 2771 days | 2% |
| Mathias Hauenstein | 10/10 | 2830 days | 3% |
| HElen Bewick | 3/10 | 2861 days | 2% |
| Peter | 7/10 | 3075 days | 2% |
| Christina | 3/10 | 3075 days | 1% |
| The Weathersons | 2/10 | 3149 days | 1% |
| Johannes Bauerle | 1/10 | 3196 days | 1% |
| Lei Horton | 2/10 | 3357 days | 1% |
| Laureen Trainer | 8/10 | 3424 days | 2% |
| Iris Maatman | 4/10 | 3502 days | 1% |
| Erin Polcyn Sailer | 7/10 | 3815 days | 1% |
| Kelly Hitchins | 6/10 | 3838 days | 1% |
| Craig Ferry | 8/10 | 3862 days | 1% |
| Glinys Weller | 9/10 | 3912 days | 1% |
| Jean marc Daubenfeld | 8/10 | 3920 days | 1% |
| Sarah Carter | 8/10 | 3923 days | 1% |
| Blandine Giusti | 9/10 | 4221 days | 0% |
| Melvin Spear | 8/10 | 4251 days | 0% |
| Frank Wijnands | 7/10 | 4303 days | 0% |
| Lorcan Lennon | 8/10 | 4333 days | 0% |
| Sue H | 7/10 | 4444 days | 1% |
| Nadia R | 6/10 | 4566 days | 1% |
| Family Trip | 8/10 | 4597 days | 1% |
| Casandra Prunica | 8/10 | 4599 days | 1% |
| Emma Wallace | 9/10 | 4631 days | 1% |
| Andrew Cattanach | 9/10 | 4656 days | 1% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 8/10 | 4717 days | 1% |
| M Morgan | 8/10 | 4931 days | 1% |
| Sixflipflops | 3/10 | 4931 days | 0% |
| Ken Milligan | 9/10 | 4949 days | 1% |
| Puma17 | 8/10 | 5021 days | 1% |
| Kevin Desjandino | 8/10 | 5039 days | 1% |
| F Soppelsa | 7/10 | 5045 days | 1% |
| Paul Lawrence | 8/10 | 5050 days | 1% |
| Abby Rushmer | 8/10 | 5051 days | 1% |
| Rolf Zwahlen | 10/10 | 5059 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 9/10 | 5064 days | 1% |
| Frederick Neilsen | 6/10 | 5064 days | 1% |
| Letitia Wenn | 8/10 | 5069 days | 1% |
| phudgb | 9/10 | 5082 days | 1% |
| Philippe Merino | 8/10 | 5318 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 9/10 | 5319 days | 1% |
| nztintin | 5/10 | 5327 days | 1% |
| Tim Germany | 5/10 | 5327 days | 1% |
| Webb & Muckelt | 1/10 | 5336 days | 0% |
| Barbara | 8/10 | 5337 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Richardson | 7/10 | 5338 days | 1% |
| Andrew Powell | 8/10 | 5338 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 9/10 | 5338 days | 1% |
| Peter Holt | 8/10 | 5344 days | 1% |
| Patricia Motzheim | 10/10 | 5355 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 8/10 | 5355 days | 1% |
| hanal7 | 6/10 | 5387 days | 1% |
| Dorthe | 4/10 | 5419 days | 1% |
| Mikala Dinka | 9/10 | 5419 days | 1% |
| Steve & Maggie | 9/10 | 5419 days | 1% |
| Anders Rathleff | 9/10 | 5434 days | 1% |
| damaca | 8/10 | 5479 days | 1% |
| neilqecosse | 9/10 | 5509 days | 1% |
| GoodTimes | 10/10 | 5601 days | 1% |
| Edward Marhi | 9/10 | 5659 days | 1% |
| Iain Campbell | 7/10 | 5671 days | 1% |
| Peter & Angela Brown | 10/10 | 5683 days | 1% |
| Fam de Kruyf | 9/10 | 5690 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 8/10 | 5690 days | 1% |
| Michael Assfalg | 6/10 | 5692 days | 1% |
| Julie Pasquignon | 7/10 | 5694 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 7/10 | 5694 days | 1% |
| Gert Vogelaers | 9/10 | 5696 days | 1% |
| Jeff Cerjan | 7/10 | 5700 days | 1% |
| Ron Pantzer | 8/10 | 5702 days | 1% |
| Darren Bruestle | 9/10 | 5708 days | 1% |
| Vanderhorst | 6/10 | 5709 days | 1% |
| Gerry Nichols | 8/10 | 5716 days | 1% |
| Kristie | 8/10 | 5744 days | 1% |
| Rob | 9/10 | 5975 days | 1% |
| Haley & Jason | 8/10 | 5990 days | 1% |
| Brett & Tanille | 8/10 | 6046 days | 1% |
| Marcia & Bruce | 6/10 | 6048 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 6061 days | 1% |
| Senel | 7/10 | 6065 days | 1% |
| Faurack | 10/10 | 6065 days | 1% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 6071 days | 1% |
| Otto | 7/10 | 6085 days | 1% |
| Etienne VanD | 10/10 | 6106 days | 1% |
| mariak | 3/10 | 6134 days | 0% |
| andres | 7/10 | 6140 days | 1% |
| pthreadgood | 6/10 | 6146 days | 1% |
| Gary Brown | 8/10 | 6150 days | 1% |
| Douglas Beresford | 8/10 | 6150 days | 1% |
| Kirsty McGrath | 7/10 | 6152 days | 1% |
| Terry J | 10/10 | 6158 days | 1% |
| Philip Ryott | 4/10 | 6158 days | 1% |
| Sena | 7/10 | 6158 days | 1% |
| Tait Suridge | 10/10 | 6159 days | 1% |
| Susan Fielder | 7/10 | 6178 days | 1% |
| johannac | 9/10 | 6267 days | 1% |
| Andrew Lonsdale | 5/10 | 6376 days | 1% |
| HelenPalmer | 8/10 | 6380 days | 1% |
| LowerD | 8/10 | 6392 days | 1% |
| Andrew Biddle | 9/10 | 6394 days | 1% |
| RonB | 8/10 | 6404 days | 1% |
| Andrew Wilson | 7/10 | 6409 days | 1% |
| JeremyE | 8/10 | 6410 days | 1% |
| LucyT | 5/10 | 6410 days | 1% |
| Suzie Lechner | 5/10 | 6412 days | 1% |
| LindaV | 6/10 | 6426 days | 1% |
| Tolsten | 7/10 | 6434 days | 1% |
| KuzakUSA | 4/10 | 6436 days | 1% |
| Lucy | 6/10 | 6441 days | 1% |
| Visken | 7/10 | 6441 days | 1% |
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 Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
Recent Reviews Adjustment
-3.27% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 67 days. However the Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
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 Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 197 | -3.22% |
| 198 | -3.24% |
| 199 | -3.26% |
| 200 | -3.27% |
| 201 | -3.29% |
| 202 | -3.31% |
| 203 | -3.32% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
15.21% 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.
Final Ranking Score
74%
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.