Ranking Score Explained

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

86.19%

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 10/10 202 days 100%
Sarah Killury 5/10 3000 days 2%
Rado Hank 10/10 3088 days 2%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 3090 days 2%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 3092 days 2%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 3094 days 2%
Anis Quentin 10/10 3096 days 2%
Phil Baker 9/10 3097 days 2%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 3100 days 2%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 3107 days 2%
Steve Jackson 8/10 3345 days 2%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 3352 days 2%
Robin 7/10 3353 days 2%
Andy 6/10 3354 days 1%
Philip Grant 7/10 3356 days 2%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 3357 days 2%
Pierre 7/10 3367 days 2%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 3369 days 2%
Auba Mateos 10/10 3374 days 2%
Charlotte 10/10 3374 days 2%
Francesca Scott 9/10 3374 days 2%
Anders Frank 7/10 3376 days 2%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 3378 days 2%
Simon Briens 7/10 3379 days 2%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 3380 days 2%
Chaulet 10/10 3385 days 2%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 3386 days 2%
Riccardo 8/10 3387 days 2%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 3407 days 2%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 3412 days 2%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 3414 days 2%
Laura David 9/10 3415 days 2%
Gretha 9/10 3417 days 2%
Dries 9/10 3417 days 2%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3417 days 2%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3417 days 2%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3418 days 2%
Alna 10/10 3423 days 2%
Patricia 10/10 3424 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3424 days 2%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3429 days 2%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3430 days 2%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3433 days 2%
Alonso 8/10 3436 days 2%
Sophie 9/10 3437 days 2%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3439 days 1%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3439 days 1%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3439 days 2%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3440 days 2%
John Edwards 10/10 3441 days 2%
Alice Frater 9/10 3441 days 2%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3442 days 2%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3451 days 2%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3451 days 2%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3453 days 2%
Sam Staines 8/10 3455 days 1%
Christine 5/10 3456 days 1%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3457 days 1%
Megan 8/10 3460 days 1%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3460 days 1%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3465 days 2%
Niels 9/10 3466 days 1%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3468 days 2%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3469 days 1%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3469 days 1%
Anne 8/10 3475 days 1%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3580 days 1%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3656 days 1%
Celina 7/10 3656 days 1%
Vanuxem 7/10 3673 days 1%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3675 days 1%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3675 days 1%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3678 days 1%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3679 days 1%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3682 days 1%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3684 days 1%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3687 days 1%
Liam King 8/10 3688 days 1%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3688 days 1%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3689 days 1%
Christian Krause 9/10 3690 days 1%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3690 days 1%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3691 days 1%
Anika D 7/10 3693 days 1%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3693 days 1%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3693 days 1%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3694 days 1%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3696 days 1%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3696 days 1%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3697 days 1%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3697 days 1%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3698 days 1%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3700 days 1%
Hannes 9/10 3701 days 1%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3701 days 1%
Laura Moore 10/10 3702 days 1%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3703 days 1%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3704 days 1%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3705 days 1%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3707 days 1%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3708 days 1%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3709 days 1%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3710 days 1%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3711 days 1%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3713 days 1%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3713 days 1%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3713 days 1%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3715 days 1%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3715 days 1%
Marcus 8/10 3717 days 1%
Jesper 8/10 3717 days 1%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3717 days 1%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3720 days 1%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3720 days 1%
Amit Bass 10/10 3721 days 1%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3721 days 1%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3721 days 1%
Sebastian 10/10 3722 days 1%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3722 days 1%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3722 days 1%
Annika Weber 10/10 3722 days 1%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3722 days 1%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3722 days 1%
Richard May 6/10 3723 days 1%
Max Butteli 6/10 3724 days 1%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3728 days 1%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3729 days 1%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3731 days 1%
Briony 9/10 3732 days 1%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3732 days 1%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3733 days 1%
Gerrit 8/10 3733 days 1%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3733 days 1%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3733 days 1%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3733 days 1%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3733 days 1%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3733 days 1%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3734 days 1%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3735 days 1%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3735 days 1%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3736 days 1%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3737 days 1%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3737 days 1%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3737 days 1%
David Soukal 9/10 3738 days 1%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3739 days 1%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3740 days 1%
Isabelle 10/10 3741 days 1%
M J 9/10 3742 days 1%
Susi 9/10 3743 days 1%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3744 days 1%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3746 days 1%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3747 days 1%
Alice Melker 7/10 3747 days 1%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3747 days 1%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3750 days 1%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3752 days 1%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3753 days 1%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3753 days 1%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3753 days 1%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3755 days 1%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3756 days 1%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3757 days 1%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3757 days 1%
Josephine 8/10 3758 days 1%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3758 days 1%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3758 days 1%
Nico 6/10 3759 days 1%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3775 days 1%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3776 days 1%
Marc 7/10 3777 days 1%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3777 days 1%
Malina 8/10 3779 days 1%
Julia Martin 6/10 3779 days 1%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3780 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 3782 days 1%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3784 days 1%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3790 days 1%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3790 days 1%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3795 days 1%
Selma Krap 9/10 3796 days 1%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3802 days 1%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3823 days 1%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3838 days 0%
Luis . 7/10 3884 days 1%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 4056 days 0%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 4056 days 0%
Anna Birzle 10/10 4056 days 0%
Mak Walther 8/10 4058 days 0%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 4058 days 0%
Celia Nowak 9/10 4102 days 0%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 4103 days 0%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 4117 days 0%
Marie Sander 8/10 4117 days 0%
Felix Holm 7/10 4140 days 0%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4150 days 0%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 4160 days 0%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 4213 days 0%
Ron Clarke 10/10 4219 days 0%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 4396 days 1%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 4396 days 1%
Lagarde 7/10 4401 days 1%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4402 days 1%
Lola 8/10 4402 days 1%
Alisa 9/10 4402 days 1%
Laura 8/10 4402 days 1%
Camille Bellay 5/10 4405 days 0%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 4405 days 1%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 4409 days 1%
Christina Perez 6/10 4409 days 1%
Alex 10/10 4412 days 1%
Becky 9/10 4412 days 1%
Christoph Betten 9/10 4412 days 1%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 4412 days 1%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4413 days 1%
Laura 9/10 4417 days 1%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4417 days 1%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4418 days 1%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4418 days 1%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4419 days 1%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4420 days 1%
Laura 10/10 4428 days 1%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4429 days 1%
Laina Black 9/10 4433 days 1%
Ricky White 7/10 4433 days 1%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4434 days 1%
Hadler 8/10 4435 days 1%
Felicitas 7/10 4435 days 1%
Steffen 10/10 4437 days 1%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4437 days 1%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4437 days 1%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4438 days 1%
Amanda 10/10 4444 days 1%
Derek 8/10 4444 days 1%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4445 days 1%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4445 days 1%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4448 days 1%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4448 days 1%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4448 days 1%
Max Meternich 8/10 4448 days 1%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4452 days 1%
Dana 10/10 4452 days 1%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4452 days 1%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4457 days 1%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4458 days 1%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4460 days 1%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4460 days 1%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4460 days 1%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4460 days 1%
Johannes 8/10 4461 days 1%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4464 days 1%
Anna 8/10 4464 days 1%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4474 days 1%
Philipp 9/10 4474 days 1%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4474 days 1%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4476 days 1%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4476 days 1%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4478 days 1%
Roland Beer 8/10 4481 days 1%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4481 days 1%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4482 days 1%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4483 days 0%
Marco Newald 5/10 4483 days 0%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4486 days 1%
B D 10/10 4493 days 1%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4493 days 1%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4493 days 1%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4498 days 1%
Jeremy 9/10 4524 days 1%
Brian 9/10 4585 days 1%
Memain 9/10 4765 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4766 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4766 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4766 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4766 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4786 days 1%
Francois 3/10 4799 days 0%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4802 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4805 days 1%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4810 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4813 days 1%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4821 days 1%
Lis Bon 7/10 4827 days 1%
Craig Jones 9/10 4858 days 1%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4858 days 0%
Jurgen 7/10 4875 days 1%
Brigitte 8/10 4877 days 1%
Kohler 9/10 4878 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4878 days 1%
Roux 10/10 4879 days 1%
Reijenga 6/10 4880 days 1%
tanyap 9/10 4889 days 1%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4889 days 1%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4889 days 1%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4893 days 0%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4899 days 1%
Martina Posch 10/10 4903 days 1%
Oliver German 9/10 5136 days 1%
Jill Homewood 10/10 5157 days 1%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 5167 days 0%
Christian & Julia 10/10 5174 days 1%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 5175 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5175 days 1%
Verne Heath 10/10 5178 days 1%
Stefan 8/10 5178 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 5181 days 1%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 5185 days 1%
Anika 9/10 5192 days 1%
Asha 10/10 5224 days 1%
Tobias Forst 9/10 5256 days 1%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5271 days 1%
Christina 9/10 5272 days 1%
JadesWorld 6/10 5285 days 1%
Patricia French 9/10 5489 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5510 days 1%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5516 days 1%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5520 days 1%
Monica 9/10 5526 days 1%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5530 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5531 days 1%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5532 days 1%
Claudio 3/10 5536 days 0%
Faucon 5/10 5545 days 0%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5546 days 0%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5546 days 1%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5549 days 1%
Sprangers 7/10 5551 days 1%
qofd 9/10 5681 days 1%
ahtom82 2/10 5773 days 0%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5850 days 1%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5921 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 5989 days 1%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5992 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 5996 days 1%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5997 days 1%
neilchelt 7/10 6015 days 1%
suet 8/10 6229 days 1%
monikav 10/10 6229 days 1%
Nick 10/10 6259 days 1%
Rafael 9/10 6265 days 1%
Nanno 8/10 6279 days 1%
Florian 8/10 6286 days 1%
Thamar 7/10 6293 days 1%
Anna 7/10 6296 days 1%
Burkhalter 10/10 6300 days 1%
Lucas 10/10 6301 days 1%
Mark 8/10 6360 days 1%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6441 days 1%
Toby 5/10 6601 days 0%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6619 days 1%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6621 days 1%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6675 days 1%
Gail 8/10 6675 days 1%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6698 days 1%
Anita 5/10 6698 days 0%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6831 days 1%
Millie 8/10 6939 days 1%
Stephanie 9/10 6940 days 1%
Kristine 6/10 6941 days 1%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6957 days 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 6968 days 1%
Austin 10/10 6973 days 1%
Claire 7/10 6973 days 1%
Detlef 8/10 6973 days 1%
Lukas 10/10 7005 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

-2.89% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 70 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 173 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
170 -2.84%
171 -2.85%
172 -2.87%
173 -2.89%
174 -2.90%
175 -2.92%
176 -2.94%

Balancing Adjustment

2.18% 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

85%

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.