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

86.32%

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 65 days 100%
Sarah Killury 5/10 2863 days 2%
Rado Hank 10/10 2951 days 3%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2953 days 3%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2955 days 3%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2957 days 3%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2959 days 3%
Phil Baker 9/10 2960 days 3%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2963 days 3%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2970 days 3%
Steve Jackson 8/10 3208 days 2%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 3215 days 2%
Robin 7/10 3216 days 2%
Andy 6/10 3217 days 2%
Philip Grant 7/10 3219 days 2%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 3220 days 2%
Pierre 7/10 3230 days 2%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 3232 days 2%
Auba Mateos 10/10 3237 days 2%
Charlotte 10/10 3237 days 2%
Francesca Scott 9/10 3237 days 2%
Anders Frank 7/10 3239 days 2%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 3241 days 2%
Simon Briens 7/10 3242 days 2%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 3243 days 2%
Chaulet 10/10 3248 days 2%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 3249 days 2%
Riccardo 8/10 3250 days 2%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 3270 days 2%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 3275 days 2%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 3277 days 2%
Laura David 9/10 3278 days 2%
Gretha 9/10 3280 days 2%
Dries 9/10 3280 days 2%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3280 days 2%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3280 days 2%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3281 days 2%
Alna 10/10 3286 days 2%
Patricia 10/10 3287 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3287 days 2%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3292 days 2%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3293 days 2%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3296 days 2%
Alonso 8/10 3299 days 2%
Sophie 9/10 3300 days 2%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3302 days 2%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3302 days 2%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3302 days 2%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3303 days 2%
John Edwards 10/10 3304 days 2%
Alice Frater 9/10 3304 days 2%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3305 days 2%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3314 days 2%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3314 days 2%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3316 days 2%
Sam Staines 8/10 3318 days 2%
Christine 5/10 3319 days 2%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3320 days 2%
Megan 8/10 3323 days 2%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3323 days 2%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3328 days 2%
Niels 9/10 3329 days 2%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3331 days 2%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3332 days 2%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3332 days 2%
Anne 8/10 3338 days 2%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3443 days 2%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3519 days 2%
Celina 7/10 3519 days 2%
Vanuxem 7/10 3536 days 2%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3538 days 2%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3538 days 2%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3541 days 2%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3542 days 2%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3545 days 1%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3547 days 1%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3550 days 1%
Liam King 8/10 3551 days 2%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3551 days 2%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3552 days 2%
Christian Krause 9/10 3553 days 2%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3553 days 2%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3554 days 2%
Anika D 7/10 3556 days 1%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3556 days 2%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3556 days 2%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3557 days 2%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3559 days 1%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3559 days 2%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3560 days 2%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3560 days 1%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3561 days 2%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3563 days 2%
Hannes 9/10 3564 days 2%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3564 days 2%
Laura Moore 10/10 3565 days 2%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3566 days 1%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3567 days 2%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3568 days 1%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3570 days 1%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3571 days 2%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3572 days 1%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3573 days 1%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3574 days 2%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3576 days 2%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3576 days 2%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3576 days 2%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3578 days 2%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3578 days 2%
Marcus 8/10 3580 days 2%
Jesper 8/10 3580 days 2%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3580 days 2%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3583 days 2%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3583 days 1%
Amit Bass 10/10 3584 days 2%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3584 days 2%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3584 days 1%
Sebastian 10/10 3585 days 2%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3585 days 2%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3585 days 1%
Annika Weber 10/10 3585 days 2%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3585 days 1%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3585 days 2%
Richard May 6/10 3586 days 1%
Max Butteli 6/10 3587 days 1%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3591 days 1%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3592 days 1%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3594 days 2%
Briony 9/10 3595 days 1%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3595 days 1%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3596 days 1%
Gerrit 8/10 3596 days 1%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3596 days 1%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3596 days 2%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3596 days 1%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3596 days 1%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3596 days 1%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3597 days 1%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3598 days 1%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3598 days 1%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3599 days 1%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3600 days 1%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3600 days 1%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3600 days 1%
David Soukal 9/10 3601 days 1%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3602 days 1%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3603 days 1%
Isabelle 10/10 3604 days 1%
M J 9/10 3605 days 1%
Susi 9/10 3606 days 1%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3607 days 1%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3609 days 1%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3610 days 1%
Alice Melker 7/10 3610 days 1%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3610 days 1%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3613 days 1%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3615 days 1%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3616 days 1%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3616 days 1%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3616 days 1%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3618 days 1%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3619 days 1%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3620 days 1%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3620 days 1%
Josephine 8/10 3621 days 1%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3621 days 1%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3621 days 1%
Nico 6/10 3622 days 1%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3638 days 1%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3639 days 1%
Marc 7/10 3640 days 1%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3640 days 1%
Malina 8/10 3642 days 1%
Julia Martin 6/10 3642 days 1%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3643 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 3645 days 1%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3647 days 1%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3653 days 1%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3653 days 1%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3658 days 1%
Selma Krap 9/10 3659 days 1%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3665 days 1%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3686 days 1%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3701 days 1%
Luis . 7/10 3747 days 1%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3919 days 1%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3919 days 1%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3919 days 1%
Mak Walther 8/10 3921 days 1%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3921 days 1%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3965 days 1%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3966 days 1%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3980 days 1%
Marie Sander 8/10 3980 days 1%
Felix Holm 7/10 4003 days 1%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4013 days 1%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 4023 days 1%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 4076 days 1%
Ron Clarke 10/10 4082 days 1%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 4259 days 0%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 4259 days 0%
Lagarde 7/10 4264 days 0%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4265 days 0%
Lola 8/10 4265 days 0%
Alisa 9/10 4265 days 0%
Laura 8/10 4265 days 0%
Camille Bellay 5/10 4268 days 0%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 4268 days 0%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 4272 days 0%
Christina Perez 6/10 4272 days 0%
Alex 10/10 4275 days 0%
Becky 9/10 4275 days 0%
Christoph Betten 9/10 4275 days 0%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 4275 days 0%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4276 days 0%
Laura 9/10 4280 days 0%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4280 days 0%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4281 days 0%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4281 days 0%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4282 days 0%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4283 days 0%
Laura 10/10 4291 days 0%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4292 days 0%
Laina Black 9/10 4296 days 0%
Ricky White 7/10 4296 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4297 days 0%
Hadler 8/10 4298 days 0%
Felicitas 7/10 4298 days 0%
Steffen 10/10 4300 days 0%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4300 days 0%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4300 days 0%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4301 days 0%
Amanda 10/10 4307 days 0%
Derek 8/10 4307 days 0%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4308 days 0%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4308 days 0%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4311 days 0%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4311 days 0%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4311 days 0%
Max Meternich 8/10 4311 days 0%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4315 days 0%
Dana 10/10 4315 days 0%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4315 days 0%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4320 days 0%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4321 days 0%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4323 days 0%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4323 days 0%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4323 days 0%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4323 days 0%
Johannes 8/10 4324 days 0%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4327 days 0%
Anna 8/10 4327 days 0%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4337 days 0%
Philipp 9/10 4337 days 0%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4337 days 0%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4339 days 0%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4339 days 0%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4341 days 0%
Roland Beer 8/10 4344 days 0%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4344 days 0%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4345 days 0%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4346 days 0%
Marco Newald 5/10 4346 days 0%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4349 days 0%
B D 10/10 4356 days 0%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4356 days 0%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4356 days 0%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4361 days 0%
Jeremy 9/10 4387 days 1%
Brian 9/10 4448 days 1%
Memain 9/10 4628 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4629 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4629 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4629 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4629 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4649 days 1%
Francois 3/10 4662 days 1%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4665 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4668 days 1%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4673 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4676 days 1%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4684 days 1%
Lis Bon 7/10 4690 days 1%
Craig Jones 9/10 4721 days 1%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4721 days 1%
Jurgen 7/10 4738 days 1%
Brigitte 8/10 4740 days 1%
Kohler 9/10 4741 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4741 days 1%
Roux 10/10 4742 days 1%
Reijenga 6/10 4743 days 1%
tanyap 9/10 4752 days 1%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4752 days 1%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4752 days 1%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4756 days 1%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4762 days 1%
Martina Posch 10/10 4766 days 1%
Oliver German 9/10 4999 days 1%
Jill Homewood 10/10 5020 days 1%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 5030 days 1%
Christian & Julia 10/10 5037 days 1%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 5038 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5038 days 1%
Verne Heath 10/10 5041 days 1%
Stefan 8/10 5041 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 5044 days 1%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 5048 days 1%
Anika 9/10 5055 days 1%
Asha 10/10 5087 days 1%
Tobias Forst 9/10 5119 days 1%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5134 days 1%
Christina 9/10 5135 days 1%
JadesWorld 6/10 5148 days 1%
Patricia French 9/10 5352 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5373 days 1%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5379 days 1%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5383 days 1%
Monica 9/10 5389 days 1%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5393 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5394 days 1%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5395 days 1%
Claudio 3/10 5399 days 1%
Faucon 5/10 5408 days 1%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5409 days 1%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5409 days 1%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5412 days 1%
Sprangers 7/10 5414 days 1%
qofd 9/10 5544 days 1%
ahtom82 2/10 5636 days 0%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5713 days 1%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5784 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 5852 days 1%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5855 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 5859 days 1%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5860 days 1%
neilchelt 7/10 5878 days 1%
suet 8/10 6092 days 1%
monikav 10/10 6092 days 1%
Nick 10/10 6122 days 1%
Rafael 9/10 6128 days 1%
Nanno 8/10 6142 days 1%
Florian 8/10 6149 days 1%
Thamar 7/10 6156 days 1%
Anna 7/10 6159 days 1%
Burkhalter 10/10 6163 days 1%
Lucas 10/10 6164 days 1%
Mark 8/10 6223 days 1%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6304 days 1%
Toby 5/10 6464 days 1%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6482 days 1%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6484 days 1%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6538 days 1%
Gail 8/10 6538 days 1%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6561 days 1%
Anita 5/10 6561 days 1%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6694 days 1%
Millie 8/10 6802 days 1%
Stephanie 9/10 6803 days 1%
Kristine 6/10 6804 days 1%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6820 days 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 6831 days 1%
Austin 10/10 6836 days 1%
Claire 7/10 6836 days 1%
Detlef 8/10 6836 days 1%
Lukas 10/10 6868 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

-0.73% 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 36 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
33 -0.67%
34 -0.69%
35 -0.71%
36 -0.73%
37 -0.75%
38 -0.77%
39 -0.79%

Balancing Adjustment

1.71% 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.