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 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

86.36%

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 79 days 100%
Sarah Killury 5/10 2878 days 2%
Rado Hank 10/10 2965 days 3%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2967 days 3%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2969 days 3%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2971 days 3%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2973 days 3%
Phil Baker 9/10 2974 days 3%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2977 days 3%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2984 days 3%
Steve Jackson 8/10 3222 days 2%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 3229 days 2%
Robin 7/10 3230 days 2%
Andy 6/10 3231 days 2%
Philip Grant 7/10 3233 days 2%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 3234 days 2%
Pierre 7/10 3244 days 2%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 3246 days 2%
Auba Mateos 10/10 3251 days 2%
Charlotte 10/10 3251 days 2%
Francesca Scott 9/10 3251 days 2%
Anders Frank 7/10 3253 days 2%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 3255 days 2%
Simon Briens 7/10 3256 days 2%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 3257 days 2%
Chaulet 10/10 3262 days 2%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 3263 days 2%
Riccardo 8/10 3264 days 2%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 3284 days 2%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 3289 days 2%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 3291 days 2%
Laura David 9/10 3292 days 2%
Gretha 9/10 3294 days 2%
Dries 9/10 3294 days 2%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3294 days 2%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3294 days 2%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3295 days 2%
Alna 10/10 3300 days 2%
Patricia 10/10 3301 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3301 days 2%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3306 days 2%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3307 days 2%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3310 days 2%
Alonso 8/10 3313 days 2%
Sophie 9/10 3314 days 2%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3316 days 2%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3316 days 2%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3316 days 2%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3317 days 2%
John Edwards 10/10 3318 days 2%
Alice Frater 9/10 3318 days 2%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3319 days 2%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3328 days 2%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3328 days 2%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3330 days 2%
Sam Staines 8/10 3332 days 2%
Christine 5/10 3333 days 2%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3334 days 2%
Megan 8/10 3337 days 2%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3337 days 2%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3342 days 2%
Niels 9/10 3343 days 2%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3345 days 2%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3346 days 2%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3346 days 2%
Anne 8/10 3352 days 2%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3458 days 2%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3533 days 2%
Celina 7/10 3533 days 2%
Vanuxem 7/10 3550 days 2%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3552 days 2%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3552 days 2%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3555 days 2%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3556 days 2%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3559 days 1%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3561 days 1%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3564 days 1%
Liam King 8/10 3565 days 2%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3565 days 2%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3566 days 2%
Christian Krause 9/10 3567 days 2%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3567 days 2%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3568 days 2%
Anika D 7/10 3570 days 1%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3570 days 2%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3570 days 2%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3571 days 2%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3573 days 1%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3573 days 2%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3574 days 2%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3574 days 1%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3575 days 2%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3577 days 2%
Hannes 9/10 3578 days 2%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3578 days 2%
Laura Moore 10/10 3579 days 2%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3580 days 1%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3581 days 2%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3582 days 1%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3584 days 1%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3585 days 2%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3586 days 1%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3587 days 1%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3588 days 2%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3590 days 2%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3590 days 2%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3590 days 2%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3592 days 2%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3592 days 2%
Marcus 8/10 3594 days 2%
Jesper 8/10 3594 days 2%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3594 days 2%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3597 days 2%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3597 days 1%
Amit Bass 10/10 3598 days 2%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3598 days 2%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3598 days 1%
Sebastian 10/10 3599 days 2%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3599 days 2%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3599 days 1%
Annika Weber 10/10 3599 days 2%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3599 days 1%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3599 days 2%
Richard May 6/10 3600 days 1%
Max Butteli 6/10 3601 days 1%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3605 days 1%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3606 days 1%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3608 days 2%
Briony 9/10 3609 days 1%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3609 days 1%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3610 days 1%
Gerrit 8/10 3610 days 1%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3610 days 1%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3610 days 2%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3610 days 1%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3610 days 1%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3610 days 1%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3611 days 1%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3612 days 1%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3612 days 1%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3613 days 1%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3614 days 1%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3614 days 1%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3614 days 1%
David Soukal 9/10 3615 days 1%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3616 days 1%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3617 days 1%
Isabelle 10/10 3618 days 1%
M J 9/10 3619 days 1%
Susi 9/10 3620 days 1%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3621 days 1%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3623 days 1%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3624 days 1%
Alice Melker 7/10 3624 days 1%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3624 days 1%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3627 days 1%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3629 days 1%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3630 days 1%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3630 days 1%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3630 days 1%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3632 days 1%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3633 days 1%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3634 days 1%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3634 days 1%
Josephine 8/10 3635 days 1%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3635 days 1%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3635 days 1%
Nico 6/10 3636 days 1%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3652 days 1%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3653 days 1%
Marc 7/10 3654 days 1%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3654 days 1%
Malina 8/10 3656 days 1%
Julia Martin 6/10 3656 days 1%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3657 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 3659 days 1%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3661 days 1%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3667 days 1%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3667 days 1%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3672 days 1%
Selma Krap 9/10 3673 days 1%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3679 days 1%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3701 days 1%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3715 days 1%
Luis . 7/10 3762 days 1%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3933 days 1%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3933 days 1%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3933 days 1%
Mak Walther 8/10 3935 days 1%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3935 days 1%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3979 days 1%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3980 days 1%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3994 days 1%
Marie Sander 8/10 3994 days 1%
Felix Holm 7/10 4017 days 1%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4027 days 1%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 4037 days 1%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 4090 days 1%
Ron Clarke 10/10 4097 days 1%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 4273 days 0%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 4273 days 0%
Lagarde 7/10 4278 days 0%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4279 days 0%
Lola 8/10 4279 days 0%
Alisa 9/10 4279 days 0%
Laura 8/10 4279 days 0%
Camille Bellay 5/10 4282 days 0%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 4282 days 0%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 4286 days 0%
Christina Perez 6/10 4286 days 0%
Alex 10/10 4289 days 0%
Becky 9/10 4289 days 0%
Christoph Betten 9/10 4289 days 0%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 4289 days 0%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4290 days 0%
Laura 9/10 4294 days 0%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4294 days 0%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4295 days 0%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4295 days 0%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4296 days 0%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4297 days 0%
Laura 10/10 4305 days 0%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4306 days 0%
Laina Black 9/10 4310 days 0%
Ricky White 7/10 4310 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4311 days 0%
Hadler 8/10 4312 days 0%
Felicitas 7/10 4312 days 0%
Steffen 10/10 4314 days 0%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4314 days 0%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4314 days 0%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4315 days 0%
Amanda 10/10 4321 days 0%
Derek 8/10 4321 days 0%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4322 days 0%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4322 days 0%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4325 days 0%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4325 days 0%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4325 days 0%
Max Meternich 8/10 4325 days 0%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4329 days 0%
Dana 10/10 4329 days 0%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4329 days 0%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4334 days 0%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4335 days 0%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4337 days 0%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4337 days 0%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4337 days 0%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4337 days 0%
Johannes 8/10 4338 days 0%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4341 days 0%
Anna 8/10 4341 days 0%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4351 days 0%
Philipp 9/10 4351 days 0%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4351 days 0%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4353 days 0%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4353 days 0%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4355 days 0%
Roland Beer 8/10 4358 days 0%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4358 days 0%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4359 days 0%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4360 days 0%
Marco Newald 5/10 4360 days 0%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4363 days 0%
B D 10/10 4370 days 0%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4370 days 0%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4370 days 0%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4375 days 0%
Jeremy 9/10 4401 days 1%
Brian 9/10 4462 days 1%
Memain 9/10 4642 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4643 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4643 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4643 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4643 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4663 days 1%
Francois 3/10 4676 days 1%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4679 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4682 days 1%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4687 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4690 days 1%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4698 days 1%
Lis Bon 7/10 4704 days 1%
Craig Jones 9/10 4735 days 1%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4735 days 1%
Jurgen 7/10 4752 days 1%
Brigitte 8/10 4754 days 1%
Kohler 9/10 4755 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4755 days 1%
Roux 10/10 4756 days 1%
Reijenga 6/10 4757 days 1%
tanyap 9/10 4766 days 1%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4766 days 1%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4766 days 1%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4770 days 1%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4776 days 1%
Martina Posch 10/10 4780 days 1%
Oliver German 9/10 5013 days 1%
Jill Homewood 10/10 5034 days 1%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 5044 days 1%
Christian & Julia 10/10 5051 days 1%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 5052 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5052 days 1%
Verne Heath 10/10 5055 days 1%
Stefan 8/10 5055 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 5058 days 1%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 5062 days 1%
Anika 9/10 5069 days 1%
Asha 10/10 5101 days 1%
Tobias Forst 9/10 5133 days 1%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5148 days 1%
Christina 9/10 5149 days 1%
JadesWorld 6/10 5162 days 1%
Patricia French 9/10 5366 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5387 days 1%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5393 days 1%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5397 days 1%
Monica 9/10 5403 days 1%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5407 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5408 days 1%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5409 days 1%
Claudio 3/10 5413 days 1%
Faucon 5/10 5422 days 1%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5423 days 1%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5423 days 1%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5426 days 1%
Sprangers 7/10 5428 days 1%
qofd 9/10 5558 days 1%
ahtom82 2/10 5650 days 0%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5727 days 1%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5798 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 5866 days 1%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5869 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 5873 days 1%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5874 days 1%
neilchelt 7/10 5892 days 1%
suet 8/10 6106 days 1%
monikav 10/10 6106 days 1%
Nick 10/10 6137 days 1%
Rafael 9/10 6143 days 1%
Nanno 8/10 6157 days 1%
Florian 8/10 6164 days 1%
Thamar 7/10 6171 days 1%
Anna 7/10 6174 days 1%
Burkhalter 10/10 6178 days 1%
Lucas 10/10 6179 days 1%
Mark 8/10 6238 days 1%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6318 days 1%
Toby 5/10 6478 days 1%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6496 days 1%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6498 days 1%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6552 days 1%
Gail 8/10 6552 days 1%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6575 days 1%
Anita 5/10 6575 days 1%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6708 days 1%
Millie 8/10 6816 days 1%
Stephanie 9/10 6817 days 1%
Kristine 6/10 6818 days 1%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6834 days 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 6845 days 1%
Austin 10/10 6850 days 1%
Claire 7/10 6850 days 1%
Detlef 8/10 6850 days 1%
Lukas 10/10 6882 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

-1.03% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 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 51 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
48 -0.97%
49 -0.99%
50 -1.01%
51 -1.03%
52 -1.05%
53 -1.07%
54 -1.09%

Balancing Adjustment

1.76% 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

87%

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.