Hi, 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

86.35%

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 10/10 322 days 100%
Sarah Killury 5/10 3120 days 2%
Rado Hank 10/10 3208 days 2%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 3210 days 2%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 3212 days 2%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 3214 days 2%
Anis Quentin 10/10 3216 days 2%
Phil Baker 9/10 3217 days 2%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 3220 days 2%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 3227 days 2%
Steve Jackson 8/10 3465 days 2%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 3472 days 2%
Robin 7/10 3473 days 2%
Andy 6/10 3474 days 2%
Philip Grant 7/10 3476 days 2%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 3477 days 2%
Pierre 7/10 3487 days 2%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 3489 days 2%
Auba Mateos 10/10 3494 days 2%
Charlotte 10/10 3494 days 2%
Francesca Scott 9/10 3494 days 2%
Anders Frank 7/10 3496 days 2%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 3498 days 2%
Simon Briens 7/10 3499 days 2%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 3500 days 2%
Chaulet 10/10 3505 days 2%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 3506 days 2%
Riccardo 8/10 3507 days 2%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 3527 days 2%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 3532 days 2%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 3534 days 2%
Laura David 9/10 3535 days 2%
Gretha 9/10 3537 days 2%
Dries 9/10 3537 days 2%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3537 days 2%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3537 days 2%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3538 days 2%
Alna 10/10 3543 days 2%
Patricia 10/10 3544 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3544 days 2%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3549 days 2%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3550 days 2%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3553 days 2%
Alonso 8/10 3556 days 2%
Sophie 9/10 3557 days 2%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3559 days 1%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3559 days 1%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3559 days 2%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3560 days 2%
John Edwards 10/10 3561 days 2%
Alice Frater 9/10 3561 days 2%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3562 days 2%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3571 days 2%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3571 days 2%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3573 days 2%
Sam Staines 8/10 3575 days 2%
Christine 5/10 3576 days 1%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3577 days 1%
Megan 8/10 3580 days 2%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3580 days 2%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3585 days 2%
Niels 9/10 3586 days 2%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3588 days 2%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3589 days 2%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3589 days 2%
Anne 8/10 3595 days 2%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3700 days 1%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3776 days 1%
Celina 7/10 3776 days 1%
Vanuxem 7/10 3793 days 1%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3795 days 1%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3795 days 1%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3798 days 1%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3799 days 1%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3802 days 1%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3804 days 1%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3807 days 1%
Liam King 8/10 3808 days 1%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3808 days 1%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3809 days 1%
Christian Krause 9/10 3810 days 1%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3810 days 1%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3811 days 1%
Anika D 7/10 3813 days 1%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3813 days 1%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3813 days 1%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3814 days 1%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3816 days 1%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3816 days 1%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3817 days 1%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3817 days 1%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3818 days 1%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3820 days 1%
Hannes 9/10 3821 days 1%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3821 days 1%
Laura Moore 10/10 3822 days 1%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3823 days 1%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3824 days 1%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3825 days 1%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3827 days 1%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3828 days 1%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3829 days 1%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3830 days 1%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3831 days 1%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3833 days 1%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3833 days 1%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3833 days 1%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3835 days 1%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3835 days 1%
Marcus 8/10 3837 days 1%
Jesper 8/10 3837 days 1%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3837 days 1%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3840 days 1%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3840 days 1%
Amit Bass 10/10 3841 days 1%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3841 days 1%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3841 days 1%
Sebastian 10/10 3842 days 1%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3842 days 1%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3842 days 1%
Annika Weber 10/10 3842 days 1%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3842 days 1%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3842 days 1%
Richard May 6/10 3843 days 1%
Max Butteli 6/10 3844 days 1%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3848 days 1%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3849 days 1%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3851 days 1%
Briony 9/10 3852 days 1%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3852 days 1%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3853 days 1%
Gerrit 8/10 3853 days 1%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3853 days 1%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3853 days 1%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3853 days 1%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3853 days 1%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3853 days 1%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3854 days 1%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3855 days 1%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3855 days 1%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3856 days 1%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3857 days 1%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3857 days 1%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3857 days 1%
David Soukal 9/10 3858 days 1%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3859 days 1%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3860 days 1%
Isabelle 10/10 3861 days 1%
M J 9/10 3862 days 1%
Susi 9/10 3863 days 1%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3864 days 1%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3866 days 1%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3867 days 1%
Alice Melker 7/10 3867 days 1%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3867 days 1%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3870 days 1%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3872 days 1%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3873 days 1%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3873 days 1%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3873 days 1%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3875 days 1%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3876 days 1%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3877 days 1%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3877 days 1%
Josephine 8/10 3878 days 1%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3878 days 1%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3878 days 1%
Nico 6/10 3879 days 1%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3895 days 1%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3896 days 1%
Marc 7/10 3897 days 1%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3897 days 1%
Malina 8/10 3899 days 1%
Julia Martin 6/10 3899 days 1%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3900 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 3902 days 1%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3904 days 1%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3910 days 1%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3910 days 1%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3915 days 1%
Selma Krap 9/10 3916 days 1%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3922 days 1%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3943 days 1%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3958 days 0%
Luis . 7/10 4004 days 1%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 4176 days 0%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 4176 days 0%
Anna Birzle 10/10 4176 days 0%
Mak Walther 8/10 4178 days 0%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 4178 days 0%
Celia Nowak 9/10 4222 days 0%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 4223 days 0%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 4237 days 0%
Marie Sander 8/10 4237 days 0%
Felix Holm 7/10 4260 days 0%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4270 days 0%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 4280 days 0%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 4333 days 0%
Ron Clarke 10/10 4339 days 0%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 4516 days 1%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 4516 days 1%
Lagarde 7/10 4521 days 1%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4522 days 1%
Lola 8/10 4522 days 1%
Alisa 9/10 4522 days 1%
Laura 8/10 4522 days 1%
Camille Bellay 5/10 4525 days 1%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 4525 days 1%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 4529 days 1%
Christina Perez 6/10 4529 days 1%
Alex 10/10 4532 days 1%
Becky 9/10 4532 days 1%
Christoph Betten 9/10 4532 days 1%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 4532 days 1%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4533 days 1%
Laura 9/10 4537 days 1%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4537 days 1%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4538 days 1%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4538 days 1%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4539 days 1%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4540 days 1%
Laura 10/10 4548 days 1%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4549 days 1%
Laina Black 9/10 4553 days 1%
Ricky White 7/10 4553 days 1%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4554 days 1%
Hadler 8/10 4555 days 1%
Felicitas 7/10 4555 days 1%
Steffen 10/10 4557 days 1%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4557 days 1%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4557 days 1%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4558 days 1%
Amanda 10/10 4564 days 1%
Derek 8/10 4564 days 1%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4565 days 1%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4565 days 1%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4568 days 1%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4568 days 1%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4568 days 1%
Max Meternich 8/10 4568 days 1%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4572 days 1%
Dana 10/10 4572 days 1%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4572 days 1%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4577 days 1%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4578 days 1%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4580 days 1%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4580 days 1%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4580 days 1%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4580 days 1%
Johannes 8/10 4581 days 1%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4584 days 1%
Anna 8/10 4584 days 1%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4594 days 1%
Philipp 9/10 4594 days 1%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4594 days 1%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4596 days 1%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4596 days 1%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4598 days 1%
Roland Beer 8/10 4601 days 1%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4601 days 1%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4602 days 1%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4603 days 1%
Marco Newald 5/10 4603 days 1%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4606 days 1%
B D 10/10 4613 days 1%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4613 days 1%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4613 days 1%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4618 days 1%
Jeremy 9/10 4644 days 1%
Brian 9/10 4705 days 1%
Memain 9/10 4885 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4886 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4886 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4886 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4886 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4906 days 1%
Francois 3/10 4919 days 0%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4922 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4925 days 1%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4930 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4933 days 1%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4941 days 1%
Lis Bon 7/10 4947 days 1%
Craig Jones 9/10 4978 days 1%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4978 days 1%
Jurgen 7/10 4995 days 1%
Brigitte 8/10 4997 days 1%
Kohler 9/10 4998 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4998 days 1%
Roux 10/10 4999 days 1%
Reijenga 6/10 5000 days 1%
tanyap 9/10 5009 days 1%
Gary Brooks 10/10 5009 days 1%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 5009 days 1%
Alexander Klein 3/10 5013 days 0%
The Mowbrays 8/10 5019 days 1%
Martina Posch 10/10 5023 days 1%
Oliver German 9/10 5256 days 1%
Jill Homewood 10/10 5277 days 1%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 5287 days 1%
Christian & Julia 10/10 5294 days 1%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 5295 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5295 days 1%
Verne Heath 10/10 5298 days 1%
Stefan 8/10 5298 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 5301 days 1%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 5305 days 1%
Anika 9/10 5312 days 1%
Asha 10/10 5344 days 1%
Tobias Forst 9/10 5376 days 1%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5391 days 1%
Christina 9/10 5392 days 1%
JadesWorld 6/10 5405 days 1%
Patricia French 9/10 5609 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5630 days 1%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5636 days 1%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5640 days 1%
Monica 9/10 5646 days 1%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5650 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5651 days 1%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5652 days 1%
Claudio 3/10 5656 days 0%
Faucon 5/10 5665 days 1%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5666 days 1%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5666 days 1%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5669 days 1%
Sprangers 7/10 5671 days 1%
qofd 9/10 5801 days 1%
ahtom82 2/10 5893 days 0%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5970 days 1%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 6041 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 6109 days 1%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 6112 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 6116 days 1%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 6117 days 1%
neilchelt 7/10 6135 days 1%
suet 8/10 6349 days 1%
monikav 10/10 6349 days 1%
Nick 10/10 6379 days 1%
Rafael 9/10 6385 days 1%
Nanno 8/10 6399 days 1%
Florian 8/10 6406 days 1%
Thamar 7/10 6413 days 1%
Anna 7/10 6416 days 1%
Burkhalter 10/10 6420 days 1%
Lucas 10/10 6421 days 1%
Mark 8/10 6480 days 1%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6561 days 1%
Toby 5/10 6721 days 1%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6739 days 1%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6741 days 1%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6795 days 1%
Gail 8/10 6795 days 1%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6818 days 1%
Anita 5/10 6818 days 1%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6951 days 1%
Millie 8/10 7059 days 1%
Stephanie 9/10 7060 days 1%
Kristine 6/10 7061 days 1%
Mike Shirley 9/10 7077 days 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 7088 days 1%
Austin 10/10 7093 days 1%
Claire 7/10 7093 days 1%
Detlef 8/10 7093 days 1%
Lukas 10/10 7125 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

-2.36% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 110 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 -2.33%
198 -2.34%
199 -2.35%
200 -2.36%
201 -2.37%
202 -2.39%
203 -2.40%

Balancing Adjustment

2.03% 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.