Ranking Score Explained

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 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

86.26%

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 10/10 161 days 100%
Sarah Killury 5/10 2959 days 2%
Rado Hank 10/10 3047 days 3%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 3049 days 3%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 3051 days 3%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 3053 days 3%
Anis Quentin 10/10 3055 days 3%
Phil Baker 9/10 3056 days 3%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 3059 days 3%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 3066 days 3%
Steve Jackson 8/10 3304 days 2%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 3311 days 2%
Robin 7/10 3312 days 2%
Andy 6/10 3313 days 2%
Philip Grant 7/10 3315 days 2%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 3316 days 2%
Pierre 7/10 3326 days 2%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 3328 days 2%
Auba Mateos 10/10 3333 days 2%
Charlotte 10/10 3333 days 2%
Francesca Scott 9/10 3333 days 2%
Anders Frank 7/10 3335 days 2%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 3337 days 2%
Simon Briens 7/10 3338 days 2%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 3339 days 2%
Chaulet 10/10 3344 days 2%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 3345 days 2%
Riccardo 8/10 3346 days 2%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 3366 days 2%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 3371 days 2%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 3373 days 2%
Laura David 9/10 3374 days 2%
Gretha 9/10 3376 days 2%
Dries 9/10 3376 days 2%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3376 days 2%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3376 days 2%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3377 days 2%
Alna 10/10 3382 days 2%
Patricia 10/10 3383 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3383 days 2%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3388 days 2%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3389 days 2%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3392 days 2%
Alonso 8/10 3395 days 2%
Sophie 9/10 3396 days 2%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3398 days 2%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3398 days 2%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3398 days 2%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3399 days 2%
John Edwards 10/10 3400 days 2%
Alice Frater 9/10 3400 days 2%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3401 days 2%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3410 days 2%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3410 days 2%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3412 days 2%
Sam Staines 8/10 3414 days 2%
Christine 5/10 3415 days 1%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3416 days 2%
Megan 8/10 3419 days 2%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3419 days 2%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3424 days 2%
Niels 9/10 3425 days 2%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3427 days 2%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3428 days 2%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3428 days 2%
Anne 8/10 3434 days 2%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3539 days 2%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3615 days 1%
Celina 7/10 3615 days 1%
Vanuxem 7/10 3632 days 1%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3634 days 1%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3634 days 1%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3637 days 1%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3638 days 1%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3641 days 1%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3643 days 1%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3646 days 1%
Liam King 8/10 3647 days 1%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3647 days 1%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3648 days 1%
Christian Krause 9/10 3649 days 1%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3649 days 1%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3650 days 1%
Anika D 7/10 3652 days 1%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3652 days 1%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3652 days 1%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3653 days 1%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3655 days 1%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3655 days 1%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3656 days 1%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3656 days 1%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3657 days 1%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3659 days 1%
Hannes 9/10 3660 days 1%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3660 days 1%
Laura Moore 10/10 3661 days 1%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3662 days 1%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3663 days 1%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3664 days 1%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3666 days 1%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3667 days 1%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3668 days 1%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3669 days 1%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3670 days 1%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3672 days 1%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3672 days 1%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3672 days 1%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3674 days 1%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3674 days 1%
Marcus 8/10 3676 days 1%
Jesper 8/10 3676 days 1%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3676 days 1%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3679 days 1%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3679 days 1%
Amit Bass 10/10 3680 days 1%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3680 days 1%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3680 days 1%
Sebastian 10/10 3681 days 1%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3681 days 1%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3681 days 1%
Annika Weber 10/10 3681 days 1%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3681 days 1%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3681 days 1%
Richard May 6/10 3682 days 1%
Max Butteli 6/10 3683 days 1%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3687 days 1%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3688 days 1%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3690 days 1%
Briony 9/10 3691 days 1%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3691 days 1%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3692 days 1%
Gerrit 8/10 3692 days 1%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3692 days 1%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3692 days 1%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3692 days 1%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3692 days 1%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3692 days 1%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3693 days 1%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3694 days 1%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3694 days 1%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3695 days 1%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3696 days 1%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3696 days 1%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3696 days 1%
David Soukal 9/10 3697 days 1%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3698 days 1%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3699 days 1%
Isabelle 10/10 3700 days 1%
M J 9/10 3701 days 1%
Susi 9/10 3702 days 1%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3703 days 1%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3705 days 1%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3706 days 1%
Alice Melker 7/10 3706 days 1%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3706 days 1%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3709 days 1%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3711 days 1%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3712 days 1%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3712 days 1%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3712 days 1%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3714 days 1%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3715 days 1%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3716 days 1%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3716 days 1%
Josephine 8/10 3717 days 1%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3717 days 1%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3717 days 1%
Nico 6/10 3718 days 1%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3734 days 1%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3735 days 1%
Marc 7/10 3736 days 1%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3736 days 1%
Malina 8/10 3738 days 1%
Julia Martin 6/10 3738 days 1%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3739 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 3741 days 1%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3743 days 1%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3749 days 1%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3749 days 1%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3754 days 1%
Selma Krap 9/10 3755 days 1%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3761 days 1%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3782 days 1%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3797 days 1%
Luis . 7/10 3843 days 1%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 4015 days 1%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 4015 days 1%
Anna Birzle 10/10 4015 days 1%
Mak Walther 8/10 4017 days 1%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 4017 days 1%
Celia Nowak 9/10 4061 days 1%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 4062 days 1%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 4076 days 1%
Marie Sander 8/10 4076 days 1%
Felix Holm 7/10 4099 days 1%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4109 days 1%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 4119 days 1%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 4172 days 0%
Ron Clarke 10/10 4178 days 0%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 4355 days 0%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 4355 days 0%
Lagarde 7/10 4360 days 0%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4361 days 0%
Lola 8/10 4361 days 0%
Alisa 9/10 4361 days 0%
Laura 8/10 4361 days 0%
Camille Bellay 5/10 4364 days 0%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 4364 days 0%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 4368 days 0%
Christina Perez 6/10 4368 days 0%
Alex 10/10 4371 days 0%
Becky 9/10 4371 days 0%
Christoph Betten 9/10 4371 days 0%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 4371 days 0%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4372 days 0%
Laura 9/10 4376 days 0%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4376 days 0%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4377 days 0%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4377 days 0%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4378 days 0%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4379 days 0%
Laura 10/10 4387 days 1%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4388 days 1%
Laina Black 9/10 4392 days 1%
Ricky White 7/10 4392 days 1%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4393 days 1%
Hadler 8/10 4394 days 1%
Felicitas 7/10 4394 days 1%
Steffen 10/10 4396 days 1%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4396 days 1%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4396 days 1%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4397 days 1%
Amanda 10/10 4403 days 1%
Derek 8/10 4403 days 1%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4404 days 1%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4404 days 1%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4407 days 1%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4407 days 1%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4407 days 1%
Max Meternich 8/10 4407 days 1%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4411 days 1%
Dana 10/10 4411 days 1%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4411 days 1%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4416 days 1%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4417 days 1%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4419 days 1%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4419 days 1%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4419 days 1%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4419 days 1%
Johannes 8/10 4420 days 1%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4423 days 1%
Anna 8/10 4423 days 1%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4433 days 1%
Philipp 9/10 4433 days 1%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4433 days 1%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4435 days 1%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4435 days 1%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4437 days 1%
Roland Beer 8/10 4440 days 1%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4440 days 1%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4441 days 1%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4442 days 1%
Marco Newald 5/10 4442 days 1%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4445 days 1%
B D 10/10 4452 days 1%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4452 days 1%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4452 days 1%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4457 days 1%
Jeremy 9/10 4483 days 1%
Brian 9/10 4544 days 1%
Memain 9/10 4724 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4725 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4725 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4725 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4725 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4745 days 1%
Francois 3/10 4758 days 1%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4761 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4764 days 1%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4769 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4772 days 1%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4780 days 1%
Lis Bon 7/10 4786 days 1%
Craig Jones 9/10 4817 days 1%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4817 days 1%
Jurgen 7/10 4834 days 1%
Brigitte 8/10 4836 days 1%
Kohler 9/10 4837 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4837 days 1%
Roux 10/10 4838 days 1%
Reijenga 6/10 4839 days 1%
tanyap 9/10 4848 days 1%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4848 days 1%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4848 days 1%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4852 days 1%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4858 days 1%
Martina Posch 10/10 4862 days 1%
Oliver German 9/10 5095 days 1%
Jill Homewood 10/10 5116 days 1%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 5126 days 1%
Christian & Julia 10/10 5133 days 1%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 5134 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5134 days 1%
Verne Heath 10/10 5137 days 1%
Stefan 8/10 5137 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 5140 days 1%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 5144 days 1%
Anika 9/10 5151 days 1%
Asha 10/10 5183 days 1%
Tobias Forst 9/10 5215 days 1%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5230 days 1%
Christina 9/10 5231 days 1%
JadesWorld 6/10 5244 days 1%
Patricia French 9/10 5448 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5469 days 1%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5475 days 1%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5479 days 1%
Monica 9/10 5485 days 1%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5489 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5490 days 1%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5491 days 1%
Claudio 3/10 5495 days 1%
Faucon 5/10 5504 days 1%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5505 days 1%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5505 days 1%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5508 days 1%
Sprangers 7/10 5510 days 1%
qofd 9/10 5640 days 1%
ahtom82 2/10 5732 days 0%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5809 days 1%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5880 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 5948 days 1%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5951 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 5955 days 1%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5956 days 1%
neilchelt 7/10 5974 days 1%
suet 8/10 6188 days 1%
monikav 10/10 6188 days 1%
Nick 10/10 6218 days 1%
Rafael 9/10 6224 days 1%
Nanno 8/10 6238 days 1%
Florian 8/10 6245 days 1%
Thamar 7/10 6252 days 1%
Anna 7/10 6255 days 1%
Burkhalter 10/10 6259 days 1%
Lucas 10/10 6260 days 1%
Mark 8/10 6319 days 1%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6400 days 1%
Toby 5/10 6560 days 1%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6578 days 1%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6580 days 1%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6634 days 1%
Gail 8/10 6634 days 1%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6657 days 1%
Anita 5/10 6657 days 1%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6790 days 1%
Millie 8/10 6898 days 1%
Stephanie 9/10 6899 days 1%
Kristine 6/10 6900 days 1%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6916 days 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 6927 days 1%
Austin 10/10 6932 days 1%
Claire 7/10 6932 days 1%
Detlef 8/10 6932 days 1%
Lukas 10/10 6964 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

-2.66% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 57 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 132 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
129 -2.60%
130 -2.62%
131 -2.64%
132 -2.66%
133 -2.68%
134 -2.70%
135 -2.72%

Balancing Adjustment

2.11% 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.