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 Taumarunui Holiday Park.

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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Taumarunui Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

127 Valid Reviews

The Taumarunui Holiday Park experience has a total of 128 reviews. There are 127 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 127 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 68
54%
9/10 24
19%
8/10 12
9%
7/10 3
2%
6/10 4
3%
5/10 5
4%
4/10 2
2%
3/10 2
2%
2/10 1
1%
1/10 6
5%

85.35% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Taumarunui Holiday Park valid reviews is 85.35% and is based on 127 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

5 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 127 valid reviews, the experience has 5 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 5 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 1
20%
9/10 3
60%
8/10 0
0%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
20%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

82.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Taumarunui Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 82.00% and is based on 5 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

71.35%

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
LN 9/10 78 days 100%
Richard 3/10 260 days 53%
Philippe 1/10 502 days 35%
Carolyn Wilson 10/10 533 days 85%
Hilary Murphy 5/10 625 days 60%
Janet and Kevin 8/10 839 days 59%
Dissatisfied Local 1/10 1113 days 14%
Tanja 5/10 1174 days 22%
River 6/10 1325 days 17%
Colleen 8/10 1629 days 7%
Melanie 7/10 1813 days 5%
Dan 6/10 1843 days 4%
Nik 7/10 2360 days 4%
Shannon 8/10 2391 days 4%
Flatlanders 9/10 2725 days 3%
Merm 1/10 2756 days 1%
Kim 2/10 2756 days 1%
Peter 10/10 2970 days 3%
Lindsey Horton 10/10 3072 days 2%
Jye Hurrell 10/10 3148 days 2%
Anke Vehmeiers 9/10 3253 days 2%
Eric Tunnicliffe 10/10 3274 days 2%
Sijmen Vos 10/10 3407 days 2%
Alejandro Cano 10/10 3483 days 2%
Tom and Janet 9/10 3522 days 2%
Jenny Dickinson 10/10 3531 days 2%
Kevin Thompson 8/10 3669 days 1%
Sven Kraschinski 5/10 3752 days 1%
Volker Stroenisch 10/10 3756 days 1%
Tinna Flower 9/10 3761 days 1%
Paul Smith 6/10 3766 days 1%
Don 9/10 3790 days 1%
Christy Stead 5/10 3813 days 1%
Rob Brown 10/10 3821 days 1%
Kresten Skak 7/10 3843 days 1%
Jacqui 5/10 3920 days 1%
Yvonne Bell 9/10 3943 days 1%
Susan Chambers 8/10 4155 days 0%
Ines 8/10 4158 days 0%
Adam Taylor 10/10 4186 days 0%
tim harnisch 10/10 4186 days 0%
Sibylle and Nadine 9/10 4208 days 0%
Huw Harvey 10/10 4217 days 0%
Sidney Stokkers 8/10 4247 days 0%
Cedrick Poirier 4/10 4260 days 0%
Mike Fricker 6/10 4431 days 1%
Elise Boinnot 10/10 4519 days 0%
M & S Ross 10/10 4551 days 1%
Theresa Meredith 9/10 4551 days 1%
ManuKris 10/10 4551 days 1%
michael@tracey bennett 10/10 4551 days 1%
Graeme&Ann Bullock 10/10 4551 days 1%
Barbara Schädl 10/10 4582 days 1%
Doug Gerrard 9/10 4582 days 1%
Jonathan Bourla 10/10 4673 days 1%
Sue Clark 10/10 4796 days 1%
Mandy 10/10 4826 days 1%
Tomek 8/10 4857 days 1%
KDS_Holiday 10/10 4857 days 1%
allyson wilson 10/10 4885 days 1%
Janice Marinkovich 8/10 4885 days 1%
Katie T 10/10 4885 days 1%
Clive 8/10 4885 days 1%
Cabby 10/10 4885 days 1%
marilyncd 10/10 4916 days 1%
antje fricke 10/10 4916 days 1%
Matt Dobson 10/10 4916 days 1%
Fred and Carin 9/10 4916 days 1%
Jacksons 10/10 4916 days 1%
Christine196 10/10 4947 days 1%
Lisa81 10/10 5038 days 1%
akie64 10/10 5069 days 1%
evvoltura 10/10 5100 days 1%
lindsaynadine 10/10 5161 days 1%
Nepolo 10/10 5161 days 1%
Lindafd1 9/10 5191 days 1%
Yakker 10/10 5191 days 1%
Ute Rogawski 9/10 5243 days 0%
margaretblakeley 9/10 5251 days 1%
hermanverman 10/10 5282 days 1%
Ela 8/10 5282 days 1%
stevenkarlclark 10/10 5313 days 1%
impivaarajones 10/10 5313 days 1%
simone13 10/10 5313 days 1%
davedouglas 10/10 5313 days 1%
le60vin 10/10 5343 days 1%
Angela_Kay 10/10 5374 days 1%
patricio77 10/10 5374 days 1%
rjbenito 10/10 5374 days 1%
agustin 10/10 5374 days 1%
steve1234 10/10 5374 days 1%
forden 10/10 5435 days 1%
pig 10/10 5466 days 1%
tobygeorge 9/10 5527 days 1%
wxcooper 10/10 5527 days 1%
English_Campers 10/10 5557 days 1%
hopkinsfamily 9/10 5557 days 1%
ericn 10/10 5588 days 1%
TJD 10/10 5588 days 1%
amyrobertson 10/10 5588 days 1%
Bain 9/10 5616 days 1%
Kim Verschaffelt 10/10 5647 days 1%
richard___ilona 10/10 5647 days 1%
bls 10/10 5647 days 1%
clydewalshe 10/10 5647 days 1%
franciewalshe 10/10 5647 days 1%
kated371 10/10 5647 days 1%
ieb 10/10 5647 days 1%
ci600 9/10 5678 days 1%
kaye 10/10 5678 days 1%
Gerdefisherman 10/10 5708 days 1%
KiwiAngler 9/10 5708 days 1%
BJP 9/10 5708 days 1%
ThePresident 10/10 5708 days 1%
Andrea Hasenoehrl 10/10 5708 days 1%
cst 10/10 5739 days 1%
lalaishu 9/10 5800 days 1%
olgazurdo 10/10 5831 days 1%
MXNUT 8/10 5922 days 1%
dino3310 9/10 5922 days 1%
Caseye 1/10 5981 days 0%
FC46 1/10 5981 days 0%
HerrKlink 1/10 5981 days 0%
Cabin_fever 4/10 5981 days 1%
dadpole 3/10 5981 days 0%
Kazmeister 9/10 6073 days 1%
david 9/10 6330 days 0%

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 Taumarunui Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.83% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 117 days. However the Taumarunui Holiday Park 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 Taumarunui Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 76 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
73 -0.79%
74 -0.81%
75 -0.82%
76 -0.83%
77 -0.84%
78 -0.85%
79 -0.86%

Balancing Adjustment

6.71% 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

77%

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.