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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
130 Valid Reviews
The Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park experience has a total of 130 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 130 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 10 |
|
8% |
| 9/10 | 22 |
|
17% |
| 8/10 | 36 |
|
28% |
| 7/10 | 22 |
|
17% |
| 6/10 | 13 |
|
10% |
| 5/10 | 9 |
|
7% |
| 4/10 | 7 |
|
5% |
| 3/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 2/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 1/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
70.46% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park valid reviews is 70.46% and is based on 130 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 130 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
63.00%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Melgaard Rasmussen | 5/10 | 39 days | 78% |
| Bent Vinther 55 Rasmussen | 6/10 | 39 days | 88% |
| Alexa Flecke-Vedovelli | 8/10 | 101 days | 100% |
| Eline & Dave | 8/10 | 284 days | 96% |
| Eve Catherwood | 5/10 | 345 days | 73% |
| Laura | 7/10 | 404 days | 87% |
| Sarah Kot | 7/10 | 435 days | 85% |
| Angelina Janus | 6/10 | 435 days | 79% |
| Esther | 3/10 | 741 days | 38% |
| Shaun | 1/10 | 801 days | 26% |
| Walnstein | 6/10 | 893 days | 48% |
| Carrie | 7/10 | 1107 days | 33% |
| Arie | 5/10 | 1135 days | 25% |
| Ray G | 4/10 | 1166 days | 20% |
| laurie M haysom | 9/10 | 1623 days | 7% |
| Murray Gamlin | 5/10 | 1776 days | 4% |
| Alexis | 4/10 | 2110 days | 3% |
| Cass | 8/10 | 2384 days | 4% |
| Michelle | 4/10 | 2476 days | 2% |
| Me | 3/10 | 2568 days | 2% |
| Mathias Hauenstein | 10/10 | 2627 days | 3% |
| HElen Bewick | 3/10 | 2658 days | 2% |
| Peter | 7/10 | 2872 days | 3% |
| Christina | 3/10 | 2872 days | 2% |
| The Weathersons | 2/10 | 2946 days | 1% |
| Johannes Bauerle | 1/10 | 2993 days | 1% |
| Lei Horton | 2/10 | 3154 days | 1% |
| Laureen Trainer | 8/10 | 3221 days | 2% |
| Iris Maatman | 4/10 | 3299 days | 1% |
| Erin Polcyn Sailer | 7/10 | 3612 days | 1% |
| Kelly Hitchins | 6/10 | 3635 days | 1% |
| Craig Ferry | 8/10 | 3659 days | 1% |
| Glinys Weller | 9/10 | 3709 days | 1% |
| Jean marc Daubenfeld | 8/10 | 3717 days | 1% |
| Sarah Carter | 8/10 | 3720 days | 1% |
| Blandine Giusti | 9/10 | 4018 days | 1% |
| Melvin Spear | 8/10 | 4048 days | 1% |
| Frank Wijnands | 7/10 | 4100 days | 0% |
| Lorcan Lennon | 8/10 | 4130 days | 0% |
| Sue H | 7/10 | 4241 days | 0% |
| Nadia R | 6/10 | 4363 days | 0% |
| Family Trip | 8/10 | 4394 days | 1% |
| Casandra Prunica | 8/10 | 4396 days | 1% |
| Emma Wallace | 9/10 | 4428 days | 1% |
| Andrew Cattanach | 9/10 | 4453 days | 1% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 8/10 | 4514 days | 1% |
| M Morgan | 8/10 | 4728 days | 1% |
| Sixflipflops | 3/10 | 4728 days | 1% |
| Ken Milligan | 9/10 | 4746 days | 1% |
| Puma17 | 8/10 | 4818 days | 1% |
| Kevin Desjandino | 8/10 | 4836 days | 1% |
| F Soppelsa | 7/10 | 4842 days | 1% |
| Paul Lawrence | 8/10 | 4847 days | 1% |
| Abby Rushmer | 8/10 | 4848 days | 1% |
| Rolf Zwahlen | 10/10 | 4856 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 9/10 | 4861 days | 1% |
| Frederick Neilsen | 6/10 | 4861 days | 1% |
| Letitia Wenn | 8/10 | 4866 days | 1% |
| phudgb | 9/10 | 4879 days | 1% |
| Philippe Merino | 8/10 | 5115 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 9/10 | 5116 days | 1% |
| nztintin | 5/10 | 5124 days | 1% |
| Tim Germany | 5/10 | 5124 days | 1% |
| Webb & Muckelt | 1/10 | 5133 days | 0% |
| Barbara | 8/10 | 5134 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Richardson | 7/10 | 5135 days | 1% |
| Andrew Powell | 8/10 | 5135 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 9/10 | 5135 days | 1% |
| Peter Holt | 8/10 | 5141 days | 1% |
| Patricia Motzheim | 10/10 | 5152 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 8/10 | 5152 days | 1% |
| hanal7 | 6/10 | 5184 days | 1% |
| Dorthe | 4/10 | 5216 days | 1% |
| Mikala Dinka | 9/10 | 5216 days | 1% |
| Steve & Maggie | 9/10 | 5216 days | 1% |
| Anders Rathleff | 9/10 | 5231 days | 1% |
| damaca | 8/10 | 5276 days | 1% |
| neilqecosse | 9/10 | 5306 days | 1% |
| GoodTimes | 10/10 | 5398 days | 1% |
| Edward Marhi | 9/10 | 5456 days | 1% |
| Iain Campbell | 7/10 | 5468 days | 1% |
| Peter & Angela Brown | 10/10 | 5480 days | 1% |
| Fam de Kruyf | 9/10 | 5487 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 8/10 | 5487 days | 1% |
| Michael Assfalg | 6/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| Julie Pasquignon | 7/10 | 5491 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 7/10 | 5491 days | 1% |
| Gert Vogelaers | 9/10 | 5493 days | 1% |
| Jeff Cerjan | 7/10 | 5497 days | 1% |
| Ron Pantzer | 8/10 | 5499 days | 1% |
| Darren Bruestle | 9/10 | 5505 days | 1% |
| Vanderhorst | 6/10 | 5506 days | 1% |
| Gerry Nichols | 8/10 | 5513 days | 1% |
| Kristie | 8/10 | 5541 days | 1% |
| Rob | 9/10 | 5772 days | 1% |
| Haley & Jason | 8/10 | 5787 days | 1% |
| Brett & Tanille | 8/10 | 5843 days | 1% |
| Marcia & Bruce | 6/10 | 5845 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5858 days | 1% |
| Senel | 7/10 | 5862 days | 1% |
| Faurack | 10/10 | 5862 days | 1% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 5868 days | 1% |
| Otto | 7/10 | 5882 days | 1% |
| Etienne VanD | 10/10 | 5903 days | 1% |
| mariak | 3/10 | 5931 days | 1% |
| andres | 7/10 | 5937 days | 1% |
| pthreadgood | 6/10 | 5943 days | 1% |
| Gary Brown | 8/10 | 5947 days | 1% |
| Douglas Beresford | 8/10 | 5947 days | 1% |
| Kirsty McGrath | 7/10 | 5949 days | 1% |
| Terry J | 10/10 | 5955 days | 1% |
| Philip Ryott | 4/10 | 5955 days | 1% |
| Sena | 7/10 | 5955 days | 1% |
| Tait Suridge | 10/10 | 5956 days | 1% |
| Susan Fielder | 7/10 | 5975 days | 1% |
| johannac | 9/10 | 6064 days | 1% |
| Andrew Lonsdale | 5/10 | 6173 days | 1% |
| HelenPalmer | 8/10 | 6177 days | 1% |
| LowerD | 8/10 | 6189 days | 1% |
| Andrew Biddle | 9/10 | 6191 days | 1% |
| RonB | 8/10 | 6201 days | 1% |
| Andrew Wilson | 7/10 | 6206 days | 1% |
| JeremyE | 8/10 | 6207 days | 1% |
| LucyT | 5/10 | 6207 days | 1% |
| Suzie Lechner | 5/10 | 6209 days | 1% |
| LindaV | 6/10 | 6223 days | 1% |
| Tolsten | 7/10 | 6231 days | 1% |
| KuzakUSA | 4/10 | 6233 days | 1% |
| Lucy | 6/10 | 6238 days | 1% |
| Visken | 7/10 | 6238 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
-0.44% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 57 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 22 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 19 | -0.38% |
| 20 | -0.40% |
| 21 | -0.42% |
| 22 | -0.44% |
| 23 | -0.46% |
| 24 | -0.48% |
| 25 | -0.50% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
12.00% 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
75%
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.