Ranking Score Explained

G'day, 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 Affordable Motor Home Rentals.

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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Affordable Motor Home Rentals

Valid Reviews

300 Valid Reviews

The Affordable Motor Home Rentals experience has a total of 305 reviews. There are 300 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 5 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 300 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 205
68%
9/10 62
21%
8/10 17
6%
7/10 8
3%
6/10 3
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
0%
3/10 1
0%
2/10 2
1%
1/10 1
0%

94.33% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Affordable Motor Home Rentals valid reviews is 94.33% and is based on 300 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

22 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 300 valid reviews, the experience has 22 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 22 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 7
32%
9/10 6
27%
8/10 6
27%
7/10 3
14%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.73% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Affordable Motor Home Rentals face-to-face reviews is 87.73% and is based on 22 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

95.53%

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
Pam 10/10 1801 days 100%
C & A Betts 10/10 1829 days 99%
Joy 10/10 2014 days 92%
Julie Ng 10/10 2014 days 92%
David Jones 10/10 2045 days 91%
Leandro Haedo 10/10 2045 days 91%
Amanda Lawson 10/10 2045 days 91%
Ken Clearwater 10/10 2045 days 91%
Jennifer Bixby 10/10 2166 days 86%
Michiel Jelijs 10/10 2167 days 86%
Jamie Carey 10/10 2167 days 86%
Robert Schwall 10/10 2167 days 86%
Nicky Bromhall 9/10 2195 days 84%
Timthang 9/10 2195 days 84%
Pastore pierrick 9/10 2226 days 83%
Chiara Rossi 9/10 2226 days 83%
Chiara Rossi 9/10 2226 days 83%
Mike Bromfield 9/10 2226 days 83%
Daniel Lamere 10/10 2227 days 84%
NICHOLAS JEUNE 10/10 2227 days 84%
Matthias Van de veire 9/10 2227 days 83%
neil dougall 10/10 2227 days 84%
Tracey Armstrong 9/10 2227 days 83%
Maria Sainis 10/10 2227 days 84%
Christine Wegener 10/10 2257 days 82%
Olli Jääsaari 9/10 2257 days 82%
JACKIE EHRHARDT 10/10 2258 days 82%
Mandy Chee 6/10 2287 days 70%
lainie epstein 8/10 2287 days 80%
John van Herk 10/10 2287 days 81%
Bernard 9/10 2288 days 80%
Paul Russell 10/10 2318 days 80%
Sara Jensen 10/10 2318 days 80%
Stella Wilson 10/10 2318 days 80%
Dennis Rijbroek 9/10 2348 days 78%
Linda Gallagher 10/10 2349 days 79%
Marco Moreira 9/10 2379 days 77%
Happy camper 10/10 2380 days 78%
Jan Grävemeyer 9/10 2410 days 76%
Graça Roquette 10/10 2441 days 75%
Danny Mao 10/10 2441 days 75%
Chloe Bullock 10/10 2441 days 75%
Kate Tipton 10/10 2471 days 74%
Savilla Manuel 10/10 2472 days 74%
Olivier Gergaud 10/10 2501 days 73%
sheena tan 8/10 2502 days 71%
Christine Pooley 10/10 2502 days 73%
Alisa Failor 10/10 2502 days 73%
Aimee Spevak 10/10 2532 days 72%
Winston Bell 10/10 2532 days 72%
Irene Weinkogl 8/10 2532 days 70%
Cory 10/10 2533 days 72%
Tony O’Neill 9/10 2533 days 71%
Jim Lundy and Sherryl Livingston 10/10 2533 days 72%
paul engerand 10/10 2533 days 72%
Paul Smith 10/10 2533 days 72%
Tobias Geiger 8/10 2560 days 69%
Pierre Lemaistre 9/10 2560 days 70%
Melanie Berger 8/10 2560 days 69%
Georges BOUDIN 9/10 2560 days 70%
Tami Bass 10/10 2560 days 71%
Jonathan Taverner 10/10 2560 days 71%
Joanne Enders 10/10 2561 days 70%
Theo Stockmann 10/10 2561 days 70%
agnes janszen 10/10 2591 days 69%
Claire Cherrington 10/10 2591 days 69%
Maria van Loon 10/10 2591 days 69%
Jackie Sue 10/10 2592 days 69%
Alexandra Brown 10/10 2592 days 69%
Paolo Mauro 10/10 2592 days 69%
Matthew Parkman 10/10 2592 days 69%
Tom 10/10 2592 days 69%
Timothy McFadden 10/10 2622 days 68%
Jan Hoffmann 10/10 2622 days 68%
aneta thomsen 8/10 2622 days 67%
Xavier Bracquart 9/10 2622 days 67%
NZroadtrippers 10/10 2623 days 68%
Annabel Mason 10/10 2623 days 68%
Oz and Tina 10/10 2623 days 68%
t h 10/10 2623 days 68%
Claire 10/10 2623 days 68%
Cindy 10/10 2623 days 68%
Sharon Burgess 10/10 2652 days 67%
Boris Leroy 9/10 2652 days 66%
John Wells 10/10 2652 days 67%
javier garcia 9/10 2652 days 66%
Rosanna Nolan 10/10 2652 days 67%
Omid Shahani 10/10 2652 days 67%
Thierry GACHES 9/10 2653 days 66%
Steve Mitchell 9/10 2653 days 66%
Dallas Cluff 10/10 2653 days 67%
Mustaqeem 10/10 2653 days 67%
Diogo Loureiro 10/10 2653 days 67%
Thibaut Drevet 10/10 2653 days 67%
Jude Ong 10/10 2683 days 66%
Todd Weibel 3/10 2684 days 35%
Andrew Brealey 10/10 2684 days 66%
Edward Lowe 10/10 2684 days 66%
Georgia Nery 10/10 2713 days 65%
Kelli Rumore 10/10 2713 days 65%
Kristy 10/10 2714 days 64%
Gillian Hancock 10/10 2714 days 64%
Nichola Stretch 10/10 2744 days 63%
Loh 10/10 2745 days 63%
Vivien Soh 10/10 2745 days 63%
Melissa Hsu 10/10 2776 days 62%
Nicolas Mollet 10/10 2836 days 60%
Jess Ballard 10/10 2836 days 60%
Steve Wilkinson 10/10 2837 days 60%
Jack 10/10 2837 days 60%
Karyn Rayner 9/10 2866 days 58%
Julie Crawshaw 9/10 2866 days 58%
Debbie Wight 9/10 2866 days 58%
David Elliott 10/10 2867 days 58%
Donna Green 10/10 2867 days 58%
anaisbitt@live.com 10/10 2867 days 58%
Jarrod Pudsey 10/10 2867 days 58%
Tabea 10/10 2867 days 58%
Gabriel Santos 10/10 2867 days 58%
Dan Parker 4/10 2897 days 37%
Greg Parry 10/10 2897 days 57%
Laura Porter 10/10 2897 days 57%
Jesper Christensen 10/10 2897 days 57%
Anna Leonard 10/10 2898 days 57%
Ruben Roa Hernandez 9/10 2898 days 57%
Rory Baynes 10/10 2925 days 56%
Sally Irving 10/10 2925 days 56%
jason bassett 10/10 2925 days 56%
Chris Blackwell 9/10 2926 days 56%
Rachelle Philippen 9/10 2926 days 56%
Gordon Hughes 9/10 2956 days 54%
Henk Siegers 7/10 2956 days 51%
Johannes Partheymueller 10/10 2956 days 55%
Emily Freistatter 9/10 2956 days 54%
Pierre Mangin 9/10 2956 days 54%
Nz Traveller 10/10 2956 days 55%
Andy Grayshon 10/10 2956 days 55%
Rozanna Kyle-Robinson 10/10 2956 days 55%
Don Rostedt 9/10 2956 days 54%
martin shale 10/10 2956 days 55%
Mick Havill 10/10 2987 days 54%
Nicole Long 7/10 2987 days 50%
Lindsay Baugh 10/10 2987 days 54%
Pete Halsall 10/10 2987 days 54%
Anika Lakhani 10/10 2987 days 54%
Marjeta Kuralt 10/10 2987 days 54%
Michael Thomas Hermawan 10/10 3017 days 53%
Chris Oberson 10/10 3017 days 53%
Wilson Ting 9/10 3017 days 52%
NOR HISHAM HAJI ALI 10/10 3048 days 51%
Faustino Merlo 9/10 3048 days 51%
Anya Staal 10/10 3048 days 51%
Alan Bannister 10/10 3048 days 51%
Scott Wallis 8/10 3048 days 50%
Ed Shaddick 10/10 3078 days 50%
Rick Hall 10/10 3078 days 50%
Vanessa Paran 10/10 3078 days 50%
Che Junaid Mayet 10/10 3078 days 50%
Happy camper 10/10 3109 days 49%
meghan cuming 10/10 3109 days 49%
Viki Withers 10/10 3140 days 48%
Paul Thompson 10/10 3170 days 47%
Carl Murray 2/10 3201 days 20%
Jared Sartee 10/10 3231 days 44%
Shardul Phadnis 6/10 3231 days 38%
Judy Lawlor 10/10 3231 days 44%
Craig Mckay 9/10 3231 days 44%
Tracy Mering Stephen Law 9/10 3231 days 44%
Dennis Andrews 10/10 3231 days 44%
Nick Borland 10/10 3231 days 44%
Sjoerd Tolsma 9/10 3241 days 26%
Craig McKay 10/10 3251 days 26%
Rosalind Russell 9/10 3262 days 43%
Michal Snehota 10/10 3262 days 43%
murray keig 10/10 3262 days 43%
C Clarke 8/10 3284 days 24%
Clare Yeh 10/10 3290 days 42%
Cadey Korson 9/10 3290 days 41%
Matthew Parkman 10/10 3290 days 42%
Lynn Newhouse 10/10 3290 days 42%
Judy Little 10/10 3290 days 42%
Alice Ormandy 9/10 3306 days 24%
David Tomlinson 10/10 3321 days 41%
John Malone 8/10 3321 days 40%
Marcello Rossini 9/10 3321 days 40%
Leonie Westerhot 10/10 3339 days 24%
Jesse Arthur 10/10 3352 days 39%
Julie Manchester 10/10 3352 days 39%
Carine Av 10/10 3382 days 38%
hans soerensen 10/10 3382 days 38%
Jude Ong 10/10 3382 days 38%
liwen chan 10/10 3382 days 38%
Dalila Mohammed Isa 8/10 3382 days 38%
Wayne Fisher 9/10 3382 days 38%
Gary Ong 1/10 3413 days 15%
Tanya Davies 9/10 3413 days 37%
Heather D 10/10 3443 days 36%
Chea Hao Wong 10/10 3443 days 36%
Ashleigh McCord 9/10 3443 days 36%
Russel Brewty 9/10 3474 days 34%
Pieter Jacobs 10/10 3474 days 35%
Franck Mazas 9/10 3474 days 34%
Matt Tsagopoulos 10/10 3474 days 35%
Kuldeep Nandurkar 10/10 3505 days 33%
weeping ng 10/10 3535 days 32%
Brent Grohman 10/10 3566 days 31%
Ainsley Farrell 10/10 3566 days 31%
Anne Coleman 10/10 3566 days 31%
Casey Blyth 10/10 3596 days 30%
Sim 10/10 3596 days 30%
Lisa Lomas 10/10 3596 days 30%
Amber Jordan 9/10 3596 days 30%
Maarten Simons 8/10 3607 days 17%
Jenny Young 10/10 3617 days 17%
Bob van Hest 10/10 3627 days 29%
Maike Santelmann 8/10 3646 days 16%
Hakim Naj 9/10 3656 days 27%
costa 9/10 3656 days 27%
haslina mohamad 10/10 3657 days 28%
delphine 7/10 3657 days 26%
Damien Brocklejhurst 9/10 3657 days 27%
Chris Simpson 10/10 3678 days 16%
Martin S 10/10 3687 days 26%
Douglas Pinn 10/10 3687 days 26%
Alison Firth 10/10 3688 days 26%
Ben Chong 9/10 3718 days 25%
Konstantinos Parsalidis 10/10 3718 days 25%
Silke Richter 10/10 3719 days 25%
Mónica García 10/10 3749 days 24%
streviews 10/10 3779 days 23%
Lynne Cornish 10/10 3780 days 23%
thomas boutard 10/10 3841 days 20%
Marianne Smith 10/10 3871 days 19%
Melinda McNamara 9/10 3871 days 19%
M E Black 10/10 3901 days 18%
michellehendriks5 10/10 3901 days 18%
Brendan Collins 10/10 3932 days 17%
Adam Munro 10/10 3962 days 16%
Angela Yore 10/10 3962 days 16%
Emma Keegan 6/10 3962 days 13%
Andy Biggins 8/10 3993 days 14%
P Kolk 10/10 3993 days 14%
Dimitri Jacobs 10/10 4021 days 13%
Thomas Sartorius 10/10 4021 days 13%
Jane Curren 10/10 4021 days 13%
Morgan Thomas 10/10 4083 days 11%
Autocaravanista 10/10 4113 days 10%
M Bailey 10/10 4144 days 8%
Dustin Strong 10/10 4174 days 7%
Daniel Field 10/10 4206 days 6%
Nuria Rivas 10/10 4237 days 5%
Ash K 10/10 4267 days 4%
ashbyg 10/10 4298 days 2%
Andrei Kuek 10/10 4298 days 2%
Wilma Heij 9/10 4328 days 1%
Mark McCadden 10/10 4328 days 1%
Chris Jackson 10/10 4328 days 1%
Vince V. 10/10 4328 days 1%
Nicholas Chapman 10/10 4328 days 1%
Thomas Chacko 10/10 4359 days 0%
Linda Simpson 9/10 4359 days 0%
Tim 9/10 4387 days 19%
Eran Israel 10/10 4387 days 19%
Filip Goles 10/10 4418 days 19%
Johan Hereora Hummerhielm 2/10 4418 days 8%
JoMary Smith 7/10 4418 days 18%
Christine Jepp 10/10 4418 days 19%
Simon Fayers 10/10 4449 days 19%
Dutchie 9/10 4449 days 19%
Peter Krivanek 10/10 4449 days 19%
Anne Beveridge 9/10 4479 days 19%
John 10/10 4479 days 19%
Michael M 10/10 4540 days 19%
marianne van eykelenborg 10/10 4540 days 19%
Paul Molloy 10/10 4540 days 19%
Poko Tapurau 10/10 4571 days 19%
Brent Gowan 10/10 4632 days 19%
Mirza 8/10 4783 days 19%
Ann 10/10 4783 days 19%
Jonathan Falgren 10/10 4783 days 19%
Philip Dickie 10/10 5057 days 19%
DavidB 7/10 5089 days 18%
Alan Findlay 9/10 5104 days 11%
Whistlerdewd 10/10 5118 days 19%
Dexter 10/10 5394 days 19%
G Elliason 7/10 5469 days 10%
paris claire 10/10 5470 days 11%
Ron 9/10 5575 days 19%
Bob Kusesia 10/10 5821 days 11%
Ian Watson 10/10 5821 days 11%
M and H Lunn 8/10 5829 days 11%
David Hobson 8/10 5840 days 11%
Carina Raeder 9/10 5846 days 11%
Hans & Karin 7/10 5914 days 10%
andrew walmsley 10/10 6124 days 19%
MiepS 9/10 6142 days 11%
Ning Chan 9/10 6154 days 19%
LindaV 8/10 6188 days 11%
Oscar 7/10 6534 days 10%
Peter 9/10 6936 days 11%

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 Affordable Motor Home Rentals experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-7.15% 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 50 days. The Affordable Motor Home Rentals 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 Affordable Motor Home Rentals experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -4.09%
198 -4.11%
199 -4.13%
200 -4.15%
201 -4.17%
202 -4.19%
203 -4.21%

Balancing Adjustment

1.23% 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

81%

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.