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 Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping.

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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Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping

Valid Reviews

92 Valid Reviews

The Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping experience has a total of 96 reviews. There are 92 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 4 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 92 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 55
60%
9/10 21
23%
8/10 13
14%
7/10 1
1%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

93.70% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping valid reviews is 93.70% and is based on 92 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

4 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 92 valid reviews, the experience has 4 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 4 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 2
50%
9/10 0
0%
8/10 2
50%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping face-to-face reviews is 90.00% and is based on 4 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

96.51%

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
Marijke 10/10 93 days 100%
Bea 10/10 123 days 100%
Cam an 10/10 123 days 100%
Pat 10/10 368 days 93%
Sabine 10/10 428 days 90%
Rachel 6/10 428 days 77%
Tine Warner 10/10 459 days 88%
Ashley + Mike 10/10 459 days 88%
Fabian Ullrich 10/10 489 days 87%
Rian Caccianiga 10/10 489 days 87%
K Robertson 10/10 520 days 85%
Marie Perret 10/10 520 days 85%
Katie 10/10 703 days 72%
James Kidston 10/10 734 days 69%
Szilveszter 10/10 734 days 69%
Claire Jones 10/10 734 days 69%
Charlie 10/10 734 days 69%
Manuel Mayer 10/10 762 days 67%
Wayne 10/10 762 days 67%
Arie 9/10 762 days 66%
Kirsty 8/10 793 days 63%
Jesper 10/10 793 days 64%
Laura Jarry 10/10 885 days 55%
cearon 9/10 1038 days 40%
MB 7/10 1342 days 17%
Patrícia 9/10 1433 days 13%
Ashleigh 10/10 1464 days 12%
Thomas 10/10 1523 days 10%
Finlay 10/10 1615 days 7%
Stefan Hohmann 8/10 1829 days 4%
Liz Wade 8/10 1857 days 4%
Kim 8/10 1858 days 4%
James Murphy 10/10 1889 days 4%
Dil 10/10 1889 days 4%
harre medemblik 8/10 1950 days 4%
Dennis Rijbroek 10/10 2011 days 4%
Mik Jennings 9/10 2011 days 4%
Anselm 9/10 2042 days 4%
Adrian and Tanya 10/10 2073 days 4%
Kate 9/10 2134 days 4%
Tash & Laura 9/10 2223 days 4%
Fabienne&Dustin 10/10 2223 days 4%
Alis 10/10 2223 days 4%
Emma 10/10 2223 days 4%
Nik 9/10 2223 days 4%
seph 9/10 2254 days 4%
Jan Z. 10/10 2254 days 4%
Gerrit 10/10 2254 days 4%
M Elsten 10/10 2254 days 4%
Jason 10/10 2285 days 4%
Agathe 10/10 2315 days 3%
Ali 9/10 2346 days 3%
Xiaoming Guo 10/10 2346 days 3%
Grizzly Girl 10/10 2346 days 3%
Gio 10/10 2407 days 3%
Stefano Clerici 10/10 2438 days 3%
C J B 10/10 2468 days 3%
L + J 10/10 2499 days 3%
Florian 10/10 2529 days 3%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 10/10 2543 days 2%
M A Pelton 9/10 2585 days 3%
UK 50-something couple 8/10 2588 days 3%
Alyson Reid 9/10 2602 days 3%
Ewan Evans 9/10 2652 days 3%
Lucy Watson 10/10 2679 days 3%
Mairead Bushe 10/10 2684 days 3%
Artemis 9/10 2897 days 2%
Naira Prudencio 10/10 2923 days 2%
Mailhos Cécile 10/10 2928 days 2%
Caryn Grosvenor 10/10 2947 days 2%
Catherine Kay 8/10 2968 days 2%
Svetlana L 10/10 2978 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 9/10 2983 days 2%
Neil Warnock 10/10 3014 days 2%
Shelly Stanchuk 9/10 3044 days 2%
Becky and James 10/10 3078 days 2%
Mikael Torres 9/10 3138 days 2%
Pamela Hoffman 8/10 3231 days 2%
Daniel Fuell 10/10 3238 days 2%
John-Jozef Proczka 9/10 3319 days 1%
Loic Journet 8/10 3326 days 1%
Janneke Hekhuis 8/10 3330 days 1%
Max Brunner 9/10 3373 days 1%
Ruth P 8/10 3381 days 1%
Nurul Nadia Naziron 9/10 3446 days 1%
Lotte Spors 10/10 3534 days 1%
Chiara Magelli 10/10 3547 days 1%
Philip Mattes 9/10 3619 days 1%
Claude Nobs 6/10 3715 days 1%
Simon Mehlmann 10/10 3998 days 0%
Camille Gagnant 8/10 4070 days 0%
Amanda Neall 8/10 5109 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 Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-1.49% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 55 days. However the Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping 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 Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping experience has been adjusted for 73 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
70 -1.43%
71 -1.45%
72 -1.47%
73 -1.49%
74 -1.51%
75 -1.53%
76 -1.55%

Balancing Adjustment

0.43% 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

96%

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.