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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 Road Runner Rentals.
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.
Road Runner Rentals
Valid Reviews
127 Valid Reviews
The Road Runner Rentals experience has a total of 141 reviews. There are 127 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 14 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 127 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 51 |
|
40% |
| 9/10 | 24 |
|
19% |
| 8/10 | 17 |
|
13% |
| 7/10 | 10 |
|
8% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 8 |
|
6% |
| 1/10 | 11 |
|
9% |
77.95% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Road Runner Rentals valid reviews is 77.95% 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
12 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 12 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 12 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 9/10 | 4 |
|
33% |
| 8/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
33% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
17% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
8% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
8% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
70.00% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Road Runner Rentals face-to-face reviews is 70.00% and is based on 12 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
83.05%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian and Anne | 10/10 | 1729 days | 100% |
| Serwan | 1/10 | 1729 days | 39% |
| Eire1988 | 1/10 | 1789 days | 36% |
| clemens | 10/10 | 1789 days | 92% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 1789 days | 92% |
| Christine Bourdette | 10/10 | 1819 days | 90% |
| Kyle Palframan | 10/10 | 1820 days | 90% |
| Olaf | 9/10 | 1820 days | 89% |
| Chris Herring | 10/10 | 1850 days | 89% |
| Monika | 10/10 | 1850 days | 89% |
| Koulikovski Jordan | 8/10 | 1850 days | 87% |
| Alana | 10/10 | 2064 days | 82% |
| Laura Jane | 10/10 | 2184 days | 77% |
| Clothilde Charron | 10/10 | 2215 days | 76% |
| Laura Dyne | 8/10 | 2459 days | 66% |
| Lucas keenan | 1/10 | 2460 days | 26% |
| Emmanuel HAulon | 7/10 | 2487 days | 61% |
| Victor Miccolis | 7/10 | 2487 days | 61% |
| yoannperrault@hotmail.com | 1/10 | 2488 days | 25% |
| Barbara Nakai | 9/10 | 2517 days | 64% |
| Ida Fran | 2/10 | 2518 days | 28% |
| Paul Reeves | 10/10 | 2518 days | 65% |
| Jacques Kemp | 7/10 | 2518 days | 60% |
| Laura Smith | 9/10 | 2519 days | 64% |
| Peter Bollen | 2/10 | 2550 days | 28% |
| nico dewaele | 7/10 | 2579 days | 58% |
| Damien Parker | 2/10 | 2793 days | 24% |
| Patricia Wright | 10/10 | 2793 days | 55% |
| Alberto Meseguer | 1/10 | 2793 days | 21% |
| Wayne Walker | 8/10 | 2824 days | 53% |
| Lucie Bultez | 2/10 | 2824 days | 23% |
| Patti Rossie | 2/10 | 2824 days | 23% |
| Stephanie Mills | 1/10 | 2824 days | 20% |
| Gilbert Keiser | 7/10 | 2830 days | 27% |
| Matti Picus | 7/10 | 2839 days | 27% |
| Han Li | 9/10 | 2841 days | 31% |
| Karen Regehr-Smith | 8/10 | 2852 days | 52% |
| Bo Zhou | 8/10 | 2852 days | 52% |
| Conrad Rossouw | 10/10 | 2852 days | 53% |
| Karen Mcnosh | 10/10 | 2883 days | 52% |
| ellen scully | 8/10 | 2883 days | 51% |
| Ellie Morrison | 2/10 | 2883 days | 22% |
| MARTA FLORES | 8/10 | 2883 days | 51% |
| Michael Kaus | 5/10 | 2884 days | 39% |
| Einar Wergeland-Jenssen | 2/10 | 2914 days | 22% |
| celine gries | 10/10 | 2914 days | 51% |
| Kayla | 6/10 | 2919 days | 22% |
| Anouk Goemans | 9/10 | 2919 days | 29% |
| Paul Gallagher | 10/10 | 2944 days | 50% |
| Bram Hoonhout | 10/10 | 2944 days | 50% |
| Gerard Lane | 1/10 | 2975 days | 18% |
| Phil Duggan | 1/10 | 3005 days | 18% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 3189 days | 41% |
| Normand Latour | 9/10 | 3189 days | 40% |
| Christine Singman Serio | 8/10 | 3218 days | 39% |
| herbert van wijngaarden | 9/10 | 3218 days | 39% |
| Bettina Castell | 2/10 | 3219 days | 16% |
| Patrick Tram Garrett | 10/10 | 3249 days | 38% |
| Judith K. | 9/10 | 3249 days | 38% |
| J | 10/10 | 3249 days | 38% |
| Chet Wah | 10/10 | 3250 days | 38% |
| Mauro Scali | 7/10 | 3250 days | 36% |
| matt west | 7/10 | 3250 days | 36% |
| oly steel | 6/10 | 3250 days | 33% |
| Chantal Beeli | 8/10 | 3280 days | 36% |
| Maya Adriani | 10/10 | 3280 days | 37% |
| Terry Lui | 8/10 | 3281 days | 36% |
| Scott Edward | 1/10 | 3310 days | 13% |
| Robin Duris | 10/10 | 3310 days | 36% |
| Haitao Huang | 10/10 | 3310 days | 36% |
| Colin Jones | 9/10 | 3310 days | 36% |
| Miquel Fabro | 9/10 | 3311 days | 36% |
| Ashlie Willett | 10/10 | 3342 days | 35% |
| Felix Riether | 9/10 | 3342 days | 35% |
| matt smith | 10/10 | 3463 days | 31% |
| Felix Graf | 10/10 | 3494 days | 29% |
| Linden E | 10/10 | 3524 days | 28% |
| Niki Pearce | 8/10 | 3524 days | 28% |
| Don Wiljamaa | 9/10 | 3555 days | 27% |
| Terhi Rajala | 1/10 | 3555 days | 9% |
| stephen boston | 10/10 | 3555 days | 27% |
| Freek Dix | 10/10 | 3555 days | 27% |
| Lydia Lennox | 10/10 | 3555 days | 27% |
| Christopher Hobbs | 9/10 | 3555 days | 27% |
| oded braverman | 8/10 | 3555 days | 27% |
| Joost Donkers | 8/10 | 3556 days | 27% |
| leslie page | 10/10 | 3583 days | 26% |
| Emily Minty | 10/10 | 3583 days | 26% |
| Denis Fitzsimons | 8/10 | 3583 days | 26% |
| Liz and Alan Weathers | 7/10 | 3593 days | 13% |
| Ian Smith | 1/10 | 3614 days | 9% |
| Michal Valovic | 9/10 | 3614 days | 25% |
| Anna Kammann | 10/10 | 3614 days | 25% |
| Katharina Rebstock | 8/10 | 3614 days | 25% |
| Jean Shears | 8/10 | 3614 days | 25% |
| Charles Xu | 9/10 | 3614 days | 25% |
| Mohamed Shahabdeen | 10/10 | 3614 days | 25% |
| will jennings | 10/10 | 3614 days | 25% |
| yann zebiche | 10/10 | 3614 days | 25% |
| Albert Mari | 9/10 | 3614 days | 25% |
| Ally Cook | 7/10 | 3641 days | 12% |
| Tammie Fraser | 10/10 | 3675 days | 23% |
| Karen Jiang | 9/10 | 3675 days | 23% |
| Abby Wallwork | 10/10 | 3706 days | 22% |
| Hannah Purser | 10/10 | 3767 days | 20% |
| Nicole | 10/10 | 3768 days | 20% |
| Catherine Bew | 10/10 | 3860 days | 16% |
| Kelly Murray | 10/10 | 3890 days | 15% |
| christoph martensson | 9/10 | 4011 days | 11% |
| keith murray | 10/10 | 4041 days | 10% |
| Renee | 8/10 | 4102 days | 7% |
| Bradly Beukes | 10/10 | 4164 days | 5% |
| tracy | 9/10 | 4225 days | 3% |
| Schumi Döpfer | 10/10 | 4255 days | 2% |
| Janina Hoffmann | 5/10 | 4281 days | -1% |
| Ally | 9/10 | 4286 days | 1% |
| 53V0 | 10/10 | 4590 days | 16% |
| stellmaris | 10/10 | 4590 days | 16% |
| petevir | 10/10 | 4620 days | 16% |
| Simon Rawlinson | 9/10 | 4632 days | 8% |
| Rocco Christian | 3/10 | 4674 days | 0% |
| Jessica Lane | 9/10 | 4677 days | 8% |
| RomaChoolun | 9/10 | 4772 days | 16% |
| Kolja Chromow | 10/10 | 5017 days | 16% |
| lee05 | 9/10 | 5017 days | 16% |
| Leon Burgess | 10/10 | 5076 days | 16% |
| Jon | 6/10 | 5822 days | 6% |
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 Road Runner Rentals experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
Recent Reviews Adjustment
-7.06% Adjustment
Recent reviews reflect the experience as it currently operates. This means it's important to get fresh reviews. Some experiences discovered they could get a few good reviews and then, resting on their laurels, discourage any further reviews. This adjustment stimulates experiences to be positively involved in the review generating process and discourages them from manipulating the ranking system in this manner.
What constitutes a recent review is based on the how old it is, what type of experience it is applied to and and what time of year it currently is. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, what is considered recent is dynamically adjusted throughout the year.
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received enough reviews within the last 43 days. The Road Runner Rentals experience has 0 recent rankings. Adjustments are according to the following table:
| Recent Reviews | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| 0 | -3.00% |
| 1 | -2.63% |
| 2 | -1.50% |
| 3 | -0.38% |
| 4 | -0.00% |
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 Road Runner Rentals experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 197 | -4.00% |
| 198 | -4.02% |
| 199 | -4.04% |
| 200 | -4.06% |
| 201 | -4.08% |
| 202 | -4.10% |
| 203 | -4.12% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
4.27% 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.
Onboarding Rating
This rating is about customer service and camper availability. It measures aspects of the customer journey that are often missing from online ratings. It includes performances based on: pre-booking communication, product availability and responsiveness to customer enquiries.
All metrics come from actual customer interactions.
Details are calculated daily from statistics over several years and merged with the score derived from customer reviews - to then form the final ranking score.
Final Ranking Score
74%
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.