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Ranking Score Explained

Kia ora, 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 Rings Scenic Tours.

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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Rings Scenic Tours

Valid Reviews

365 Valid Reviews

The Rings Scenic Tours experience has a total of 365 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 365 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 84
23%
9/10 83
23%
8/10 92
25%
7/10 62
17%
6/10 22
6%
5/10 10
3%
4/10 7
2%
3/10 3
1%
2/10 1
0%
1/10 1
0%

81.62% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rings Scenic Tours valid reviews is 81.62% and is based on 365 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

339 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 365 valid reviews, the experience has 339 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 339 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 76
22%
9/10 75
22%
8/10 92
27%
7/10 57
17%
6/10 21
6%
5/10 9
3%
4/10 6
2%
3/10 2
1%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 1
0%

81.77% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rings Scenic Tours face-to-face reviews is 81.77% and is based on 339 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

86.33%

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
Philip Kohli 10/10 302 days 100%
Sarah Killury 5/10 3101 days 2%
Rado Hank 10/10 3188 days 2%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 3190 days 2%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 3192 days 2%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 3194 days 2%
Anis Quentin 10/10 3196 days 2%
Phil Baker 9/10 3197 days 2%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 3200 days 2%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 3207 days 2%
Steve Jackson 8/10 3445 days 2%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 3452 days 2%
Robin 7/10 3453 days 2%
Andy 6/10 3454 days 2%
Philip Grant 7/10 3456 days 2%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 3457 days 2%
Pierre 7/10 3467 days 2%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 3469 days 2%
Auba Mateos 10/10 3474 days 2%
Charlotte 10/10 3474 days 2%
Francesca Scott 9/10 3474 days 2%
Anders Frank 7/10 3476 days 2%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 3478 days 2%
Simon Briens 7/10 3479 days 2%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 3480 days 2%
Chaulet 10/10 3485 days 2%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 3486 days 2%
Riccardo 8/10 3487 days 2%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 3507 days 2%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 3512 days 2%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 3514 days 2%
Laura David 9/10 3515 days 2%
Gretha 9/10 3517 days 2%
Dries 9/10 3517 days 2%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3517 days 2%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3517 days 2%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3518 days 2%
Alna 10/10 3523 days 2%
Patricia 10/10 3524 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3524 days 2%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3529 days 2%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3530 days 2%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3533 days 2%
Alonso 8/10 3536 days 2%
Sophie 9/10 3537 days 2%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3539 days 1%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3539 days 1%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3539 days 2%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3540 days 2%
John Edwards 10/10 3541 days 2%
Alice Frater 9/10 3541 days 2%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3542 days 2%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3551 days 2%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3551 days 2%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3553 days 2%
Sam Staines 8/10 3555 days 2%
Christine 5/10 3556 days 1%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3557 days 1%
Megan 8/10 3560 days 2%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3560 days 2%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3565 days 2%
Niels 9/10 3566 days 2%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3568 days 2%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3569 days 2%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3569 days 2%
Anne 8/10 3575 days 2%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3681 days 1%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3756 days 1%
Celina 7/10 3756 days 1%
Vanuxem 7/10 3773 days 1%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3775 days 1%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3775 days 1%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3778 days 1%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3779 days 1%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3782 days 1%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3784 days 1%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3787 days 1%
Liam King 8/10 3788 days 1%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3788 days 1%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3789 days 1%
Christian Krause 9/10 3790 days 1%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3790 days 1%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3791 days 1%
Anika D 7/10 3793 days 1%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3793 days 1%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3793 days 1%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3794 days 1%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3796 days 1%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3796 days 1%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3797 days 1%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3797 days 1%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3798 days 1%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3800 days 1%
Hannes 9/10 3801 days 1%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3801 days 1%
Laura Moore 10/10 3802 days 1%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3803 days 1%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3804 days 1%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3805 days 1%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3807 days 1%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3808 days 1%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3809 days 1%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3810 days 1%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3811 days 1%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3813 days 1%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3813 days 1%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3813 days 1%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3815 days 1%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3815 days 1%
Marcus 8/10 3817 days 1%
Jesper 8/10 3817 days 1%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3817 days 1%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3820 days 1%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3820 days 1%
Amit Bass 10/10 3821 days 1%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3821 days 1%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3821 days 1%
Sebastian 10/10 3822 days 1%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3822 days 1%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3822 days 1%
Annika Weber 10/10 3822 days 1%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3822 days 1%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3822 days 1%
Richard May 6/10 3823 days 1%
Max Butteli 6/10 3824 days 1%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3828 days 1%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3829 days 1%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3831 days 1%
Briony 9/10 3832 days 1%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3832 days 1%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3833 days 1%
Gerrit 8/10 3833 days 1%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3833 days 1%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3833 days 1%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3833 days 1%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3833 days 1%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3833 days 1%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3834 days 1%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3835 days 1%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3835 days 1%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3836 days 1%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3837 days 1%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3837 days 1%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3837 days 1%
David Soukal 9/10 3838 days 1%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3839 days 1%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3840 days 1%
Isabelle 10/10 3841 days 1%
M J 9/10 3842 days 1%
Susi 9/10 3843 days 1%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3844 days 1%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3846 days 1%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3847 days 1%
Alice Melker 7/10 3847 days 1%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3847 days 1%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3850 days 1%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3852 days 1%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3853 days 1%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3853 days 1%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3853 days 1%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3855 days 1%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3856 days 1%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3857 days 1%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3857 days 1%
Josephine 8/10 3858 days 1%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3858 days 1%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3858 days 1%
Nico 6/10 3859 days 1%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3875 days 1%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3876 days 1%
Marc 7/10 3877 days 1%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3877 days 1%
Malina 8/10 3879 days 1%
Julia Martin 6/10 3879 days 1%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3880 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 3882 days 1%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3884 days 1%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3890 days 1%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3890 days 1%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3895 days 1%
Selma Krap 9/10 3896 days 1%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3902 days 1%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3924 days 1%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3938 days 0%
Luis . 7/10 3985 days 1%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 4156 days 0%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 4156 days 0%
Anna Birzle 10/10 4156 days 0%
Mak Walther 8/10 4158 days 0%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 4158 days 0%
Celia Nowak 9/10 4202 days 0%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 4203 days 0%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 4217 days 0%
Marie Sander 8/10 4217 days 0%
Felix Holm 7/10 4240 days 0%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4250 days 0%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 4260 days 0%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 4313 days 0%
Ron Clarke 10/10 4320 days 0%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 4496 days 1%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 4496 days 1%
Lagarde 7/10 4501 days 1%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4502 days 1%
Lola 8/10 4502 days 1%
Alisa 9/10 4502 days 1%
Laura 8/10 4502 days 1%
Camille Bellay 5/10 4505 days 1%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 4505 days 1%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 4509 days 1%
Christina Perez 6/10 4509 days 1%
Alex 10/10 4512 days 1%
Becky 9/10 4512 days 1%
Christoph Betten 9/10 4512 days 1%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 4512 days 1%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4513 days 1%
Laura 9/10 4517 days 1%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4517 days 1%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4518 days 1%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4518 days 1%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4519 days 1%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4520 days 1%
Laura 10/10 4528 days 1%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4529 days 1%
Laina Black 9/10 4533 days 1%
Ricky White 7/10 4533 days 1%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4534 days 1%
Hadler 8/10 4535 days 1%
Felicitas 7/10 4535 days 1%
Steffen 10/10 4537 days 1%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4537 days 1%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4537 days 1%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4538 days 1%
Amanda 10/10 4544 days 1%
Derek 8/10 4544 days 1%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4545 days 1%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4545 days 1%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4548 days 1%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4548 days 1%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4548 days 1%
Max Meternich 8/10 4548 days 1%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4552 days 1%
Dana 10/10 4552 days 1%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4552 days 1%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4557 days 1%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4558 days 1%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4560 days 1%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4560 days 1%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4560 days 1%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4560 days 1%
Johannes 8/10 4561 days 1%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4564 days 1%
Anna 8/10 4564 days 1%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4574 days 1%
Philipp 9/10 4574 days 1%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4574 days 1%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4576 days 1%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4576 days 1%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4578 days 1%
Roland Beer 8/10 4581 days 1%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4581 days 1%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4582 days 1%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4583 days 1%
Marco Newald 5/10 4583 days 1%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4586 days 1%
B D 10/10 4593 days 1%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4593 days 1%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4593 days 1%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4598 days 1%
Jeremy 9/10 4624 days 1%
Brian 9/10 4685 days 1%
Memain 9/10 4865 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4866 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4866 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4866 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4866 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4886 days 1%
Francois 3/10 4899 days 0%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4902 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4905 days 1%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4910 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4913 days 1%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4921 days 1%
Lis Bon 7/10 4927 days 1%
Craig Jones 9/10 4958 days 1%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4958 days 1%
Jurgen 7/10 4975 days 1%
Brigitte 8/10 4977 days 1%
Kohler 9/10 4978 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4978 days 1%
Roux 10/10 4979 days 1%
Reijenga 6/10 4980 days 1%
tanyap 9/10 4989 days 1%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4989 days 1%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4989 days 1%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4993 days 0%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4999 days 1%
Martina Posch 10/10 5003 days 1%
Oliver German 9/10 5236 days 1%
Jill Homewood 10/10 5257 days 1%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 5267 days 1%
Christian & Julia 10/10 5274 days 1%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 5275 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5275 days 1%
Verne Heath 10/10 5278 days 1%
Stefan 8/10 5278 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 5281 days 1%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 5285 days 1%
Anika 9/10 5292 days 1%
Asha 10/10 5324 days 1%
Tobias Forst 9/10 5356 days 1%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5371 days 1%
Christina 9/10 5372 days 1%
JadesWorld 6/10 5385 days 1%
Patricia French 9/10 5589 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5610 days 1%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5616 days 1%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5620 days 1%
Monica 9/10 5626 days 1%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5630 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5631 days 1%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5632 days 1%
Claudio 3/10 5636 days 0%
Faucon 5/10 5645 days 1%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5646 days 1%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5646 days 1%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5649 days 1%
Sprangers 7/10 5651 days 1%
qofd 9/10 5781 days 1%
ahtom82 2/10 5873 days 0%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5950 days 1%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 6021 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 6089 days 1%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 6092 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 6096 days 1%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 6097 days 1%
neilchelt 7/10 6115 days 1%
suet 8/10 6329 days 1%
monikav 10/10 6329 days 1%
Nick 10/10 6360 days 1%
Rafael 9/10 6366 days 1%
Nanno 8/10 6380 days 1%
Florian 8/10 6387 days 1%
Thamar 7/10 6394 days 1%
Anna 7/10 6397 days 1%
Burkhalter 10/10 6401 days 1%
Lucas 10/10 6402 days 1%
Mark 8/10 6461 days 1%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6541 days 1%
Toby 5/10 6701 days 1%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6719 days 1%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6721 days 1%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6775 days 1%
Gail 8/10 6775 days 1%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6798 days 1%
Anita 5/10 6798 days 1%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6931 days 1%
Millie 8/10 7039 days 1%
Stephanie 9/10 7040 days 1%
Kristine 6/10 7041 days 1%
Mike Shirley 9/10 7057 days 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 7068 days 1%
Austin 10/10 7073 days 1%
Claire 7/10 7073 days 1%
Detlef 8/10 7073 days 1%
Lukas 10/10 7105 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 Rings Scenic Tours experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-2.08% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 123 days. However the Rings Scenic Tours 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 Rings Scenic Tours experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
… …
197 -2.05%
198 -2.06%
199 -2.07%
200 -2.08%
201 -2.09%
202 -2.11%
203 -2.12%
… …

Balancing Adjustment

1.98% 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

86%

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.