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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 Cathedral Cove Walk.

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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Cathedral Cove Walk

Valid Reviews

286 Valid Reviews

The Cathedral Cove Walk experience has a total of 286 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 286 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 96
34%
9/10 82
29%
8/10 71
25%
7/10 29
10%
6/10 4
1%
5/10 1
0%
4/10 1
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
0%
1/10 1
0%

87.59% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Cathedral Cove Walk valid reviews is 87.59% and is based on 286 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

265 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 286 valid reviews, the experience has 265 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 265 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 88
33%
9/10 78
29%
8/10 68
26%
7/10 23
9%
6/10 4
2%
5/10 1
0%
4/10 1
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
0%
1/10 1
0%

87.66% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Cathedral Cove Walk face-to-face reviews is 87.66% and is based on 265 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

88.14%

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
Michael 10/10 2839 days 100%
Matt McCloskey 9/10 3033 days 86%
Matthias and Adriane 8/10 3301 days 69%
Rachael Gray 7/10 3331 days 63%
Martin Fersebner 7/10 3338 days 63%
Chaulet 9/10 3343 days 66%
Breanna Alexander 7/10 3344 days 62%
Clementine 10/10 3367 days 66%
Claudia Schaefer 8/10 3369 days 64%
Gretha 10/10 3375 days 65%
Peter 9/10 3375 days 64%
Mireia Sanchez 10/10 3377 days 65%
Michael 8/10 3383 days 63%
Kees Mol 10/10 3386 days 64%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3391 days 63%
David Santos 9/10 3394 days 63%
Dominique 7/10 3397 days 59%
Heike Buchmann 8/10 3397 days 62%
Kat 9/10 3398 days 63%
Ulf 9/10 3400 days 63%
Matthew Long 7/10 3400 days 59%
S Webb 10/10 3400 days 63%
Marie Christ 10/10 3418 days 62%
Frederik Fuchs 10/10 3419 days 62%
Anne 10/10 3433 days 61%
Leigh Dodds 9/10 3443 days 60%
Elizabeth Braidotti 10/10 3483 days 58%
Bernd Muller 8/10 3610 days 49%
Benjamin Leboucq 9/10 3629 days 48%
Adrien Richard 9/10 3629 days 48%
Sophie Rosenberg 10/10 3631 days 48%
Alexie Lion 9/10 3632 days 48%
Jan Berendsen 10/10 3634 days 48%
Jorge Anderson 10/10 3634 days 48%
Simon Schatz 7/10 3636 days 45%
Camilla Geert 7/10 3641 days 44%
Eline 8/10 3645 days 47%
Luala F 10/10 3648 days 47%
Math Meyer 10/10 3649 days 47%
Virginia Saez 10/10 3649 days 47%
Gessica 8/10 3649 days 46%
Nico Neubauer 7/10 3651 days 44%
Doerte 10/10 3653 days 47%
Benjamin Nager 8/10 3659 days 46%
Julie Miehling 9/10 3660 days 46%
Nico Wedel 9/10 3660 days 46%
Lauren Dinnage 8/10 3661 days 46%
Steve Barnwell 8/10 3661 days 46%
Alex Schott 9/10 3661 days 46%
Andrea Le Stunff 10/10 3662 days 46%
Sunja Abbe 10/10 3664 days 46%
Olga Barathova 9/10 3665 days 46%
Matias Santos 10/10 3667 days 46%
Mira Huckfield 7/10 3667 days 43%
Aaron Stalley 8/10 3669 days 45%
Marcus 7/10 3675 days 42%
Johannes Koch 7/10 3675 days 42%
Louise Boje 10/10 3677 days 45%
Natasha Harbinson 10/10 3679 days 45%
Maddalena Buffoni 9/10 3680 days 45%
Clara Loizeil 9/10 3681 days 45%
Patrick Veber 5/10 3681 days 34%
Hake Dolce 10/10 3682 days 45%
Julien Sene 9/10 3687 days 44%
Sari Aroalho 8/10 3690 days 44%
Briony 8/10 3690 days 44%
Richard Starkeq 6/10 3691 days 38%
Joana Frever 2/10 3692 days 20%
Carmen Pramstaller 10/10 3692 days 44%
Etienne Douse 7/10 3693 days 41%
Sophia Harnisch 9/10 3693 days 44%
Liza Braun 10/10 3693 days 44%
Dario Leyrer 10/10 3693 days 44%
Coral Dawson 10/10 3694 days 44%
Brianna Burd 9/10 3694 days 44%
Daniel Roedel 10/10 3699 days 44%
Jonathan Gourmel 8/10 3699 days 43%
Matte Stemkowitz 9/10 3700 days 43%
Lea and Emmanuel 9/10 3702 days 43%
Petru 8/10 3702 days 43%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3702 days 41%
Miriam Hack 8/10 3703 days 43%
Annika Locker 10/10 3706 days 44%
Livia and Dave 8/10 3707 days 43%
Nils 7/10 3712 days 40%
Marie Brauherr 10/10 3712 days 43%
Vanesha Patel 9/10 3713 days 43%
Jenny and Till 10/10 3714 days 43%
Clare Pickford 9/10 3715 days 43%
Jonathan and Gulsen 10/10 3717 days 43%
Nico 8/10 3717 days 42%
Julie 10/10 3736 days 42%
Elodie and Gestan 8/10 3739 days 41%
Julia Huesam 8/10 3744 days 40%
Sophie Giblin 9/10 3745 days 41%
Sebastian and Susanna 9/10 3747 days 40%
Sammy Cronin 8/10 3752 days 40%
Fabian Dilly 8/10 3763 days 39%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3781 days 39%
Bob Fontaine 10/10 3881 days 32%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 4014 days 23%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 4014 days 23%
Anna Birzle 10/10 4014 days 23%
Elisabeth Ringswandl 9/10 4015 days 23%
Thomas Haslbeck 7/10 4015 days 22%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 4016 days 23%
Ken 9/10 4017 days 23%
Michael Stibor 7/10 4018 days 22%
Nicol 8/10 4055 days 20%
Jamie McArthur 9/10 4077 days 19%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4108 days 17%
Marion and Ralf 9/10 4117 days 17%
Fiona Hawkins 7/10 4354 days 1%
Alex 10/10 4370 days 0%
Becky 9/10 4370 days 0%
Josefin Lind 9/10 4371 days 0%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4371 days 0%
Carla Oyarzun 9/10 4374 days 0%
Paolo Cases 8/10 4374 days 0%
Lena Hanhart 10/10 4389 days 33%
Vanessa 4/10 4389 days 21%
Tom Hill 9/10 4390 days 33%
Anna Sternberg 6/10 4393 days 28%
Tobias Thull 8/10 4395 days 32%
Katja Kraffzik 10/10 4396 days 33%
Lukas Lehmeyer 8/10 4398 days 32%
Mark Hofmann 9/10 4398 days 33%
Anne Courtenay 8/10 4399 days 32%
Andreas Jung 10/10 4399 days 33%
Cindy Benayoum 9/10 4403 days 33%
Ann-Kathrin Wacker 10/10 4403 days 33%
Lena Wacker 8/10 4403 days 32%
Rikke Petersen 10/10 4410 days 33%
Roland Beer 10/10 4439 days 33%
Rupert 10/10 4446 days 33%
Alineet Gautier 10/10 4451 days 33%
Marie Lillieskold 9/10 4451 days 33%
Alexandra Kupper 8/10 4454 days 32%
Brian 10/10 4543 days 33%
FlyingKiwiGirl 7/10 4726 days 31%
Annika Schmidt 9/10 4731 days 33%
Tim Vennewold 8/10 4744 days 32%
Steen Rausmussen 9/10 4755 days 33%
Jeremy Eng 7/10 4757 days 31%
Julian Roots 9/10 4757 days 33%
Sohie 9/10 4762 days 33%
Neele & Philipp 7/10 4767 days 31%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4829 days 33%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4829 days 33%
Julien Bocherens 8/10 4833 days 32%
Joroen Borkert 8/10 4834 days 32%
Lauret Stulemeyer 8/10 4835 days 32%
Ralph and Leonie 8/10 4839 days 32%
Fahl 10/10 4846 days 33%
tanyap 7/10 4847 days 31%
Terry Coles 9/10 4847 days 33%
Alexander Klein 8/10 4851 days 32%
Adam Hassan 7/10 4852 days 31%
Gerard van de Ven 7/10 4852 days 31%
Doan 9/10 4852 days 33%
Claudia Mueller 10/10 4852 days 33%
Presot 10/10 4852 days 33%
Lutz Huuemorder 10/10 4853 days 33%
Faassen 9/10 4855 days 33%
Julie Lamart 9/10 4856 days 33%
Behrens 10/10 4856 days 33%
Henzen 8/10 4856 days 32%
Roshnie 8/10 4857 days 32%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4857 days 32%
Stevie 8/10 4859 days 32%
Thys 8/10 4859 days 32%
Rob Klauer 9/10 5110 days 33%
Selwindt 9/10 5116 days 33%
Michael Touzer 9/10 5117 days 33%
Steven Hill 9/10 5118 days 33%
Susanne A 7/10 5119 days 31%
Malena 7/10 5122 days 31%
Daniel 10/10 5126 days 33%
Romla 8/10 5129 days 32%
Ronald Veldman 8/10 5129 days 32%
Tom Pratt 9/10 5134 days 33%
Stephan Wolter 10/10 5136 days 33%
Stefan 9/10 5136 days 33%
Gabriele Wendt 10/10 5136 days 33%
Danielle & Jobbe 7/10 5136 days 31%
Langerak 8/10 5138 days 32%
Lepied 9/10 5138 days 33%
Nic Roggeman 9/10 5138 days 33%
Ralf Glaser 10/10 5139 days 33%
Maria Dietrich 8/10 5146 days 32%
Mike1952 9/10 5151 days 33%
Henriette Haugan 8/10 5164 days 32%
Fred Saunders 9/10 5177 days 33%
Pietsch 9/10 5217 days 33%
Marc & Pauline 9/10 5219 days 33%
Marek Woznica 9/10 5220 days 33%
Willem & Lilian 8/10 5222 days 32%
Andy Lever 10/10 5228 days 33%
Herman Plasman 7/10 5228 days 31%
Waldemar Schuler 9/10 5229 days 33%
Theresa 10/10 5229 days 33%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5229 days 33%
Lardy 9/10 5230 days 33%
JadesWorld 8/10 5243 days 32%
Gary A 9/10 5243 days 33%
Sid 9/10 5243 days 33%
andrew_w 7/10 5457 days 31%
Julie Norton 9/10 5458 days 33%
Oliver Berg 8/10 5471 days 32%
Boi Sagarra 8/10 5471 days 32%
Hannah Roberts 10/10 5485 days 33%
Scheler 10/10 5487 days 33%
Gord Carnochan 10/10 5489 days 33%
Isabel & Tillmann 10/10 5491 days 33%
Adam Hayley 6/10 5500 days 28%
Kat Fleming 10/10 5502 days 33%
Luise Jaeger 10/10 5506 days 33%
Russell Stevens 10/10 5506 days 33%
F Horrex 8/10 5507 days 32%
Jessie Currie 10/10 5507 days 33%
Michael Eck 10/10 5509 days 33%
David and Karin 10/10 5509 days 33%
Brandt 8/10 5513 days 32%
Chamton 9/10 5516 days 33%
Jenny 9/10 5517 days 33%
BigSis 9/10 5700 days 33%
Sophie & Joffrey 9/10 5787 days 33%
kempt 8/10 5792 days 32%
Matt Roper 9/10 5844 days 33%
Matilda Hansson 9/10 5844 days 33%
Kay Beaumont 10/10 5855 days 33%
Mark Ashton 10/10 5859 days 33%
S Millet 9/10 5859 days 33%
Gail Mckinstry 9/10 5859 days 33%
Elisabeth Egerup 10/10 5860 days 33%
John Harrison 8/10 5860 days 32%
Peter Koeck 10/10 5862 days 33%
Jakob Pedersen 10/10 5863 days 33%
Vandeput 9/10 5867 days 33%
Fam Leinden 8/10 5875 days 32%
Lisa Beauchemin 10/10 5876 days 33%
Helen Power 8/10 5876 days 32%
Mick Thexton 10/10 5876 days 33%
Jens van Evp 10/10 5877 days 33%
Max Van der Zalm 8/10 5877 days 32%
Belinda Godhard 1/10 5878 days 13%
Veltmaat NL 7/10 5887 days 31%
Jakob Jurgen 8/10 5895 days 32%
deanlaw 10/10 5926 days 33%
menzel 10/10 5926 days 33%
timgr 8/10 5928 days 32%
Lynn Maguire 10/10 5929 days 33%
blokzyl 8/10 5932 days 32%
braunweiler 9/10 5932 days 33%
jameswhite 8/10 5935 days 32%
hofstetterf 10/10 5941 days 33%
Emma Coltman 10/10 5945 days 33%
rolandop 10/10 5947 days 33%
Antje & Sascha Häusler 10/10 5947 days 33%
Andreas Sterki 8/10 5951 days 32%
Susanne Santer 9/10 5951 days 33%
Richard Kesteleyn 8/10 5951 days 32%
Christy 8/10 5953 days 32%
Ricarda 9/10 5953 days 33%
Malinka Nuefeld 6/10 5953 days 28%
Geoff Renshaw 9/10 5954 days 33%
Jessica Clarisse 9/10 5955 days 33%
Lionel Mouesca 10/10 5955 days 33%
Ton Buil 9/10 5955 days 33%
Mike 9/10 5955 days 33%
Wim Put 8/10 5969 days 32%
BryonyS 10/10 6175 days 33%
BouterG 10/10 6183 days 33%
CeesVanW 8/10 6184 days 32%
mikestep 10/10 6187 days 33%
Martien van Brakel 8/10 6187 days 32%
Arjan Muis 9/10 6189 days 33%
DaveV 9/10 6203 days 33%
AmyBarrett 10/10 6203 days 33%
DamienM 10/10 6203 days 33%
StefanGermany1 10/10 6205 days 33%
FiensG 8/10 6206 days 32%
OdiliaF 10/10 6206 days 33%
Ralph Boese 8/10 6207 days 32%
BrendaM 10/10 6568 days 33%
AlanN316 8/10 6568 days 32%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Cathedral Cove Walk does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.27% 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 folk 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

89%

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.