Ranking Score Explained

G'day, 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

86.35%

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
Philip Kohli 10/10 75 days 100%
Sarah Killury 5/10 2873 days 2%
Rado Hank 10/10 2961 days 3%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2963 days 3%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2965 days 3%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2967 days 3%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2969 days 3%
Phil Baker 9/10 2970 days 3%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2973 days 3%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2980 days 3%
Steve Jackson 8/10 3218 days 2%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 3225 days 2%
Robin 7/10 3226 days 2%
Andy 6/10 3227 days 2%
Philip Grant 7/10 3229 days 2%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 3230 days 2%
Pierre 7/10 3240 days 2%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 3242 days 2%
Auba Mateos 10/10 3247 days 2%
Charlotte 10/10 3247 days 2%
Francesca Scott 9/10 3247 days 2%
Anders Frank 7/10 3249 days 2%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 3251 days 2%
Simon Briens 7/10 3252 days 2%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 3253 days 2%
Chaulet 10/10 3258 days 2%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 3259 days 2%
Riccardo 8/10 3260 days 2%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 3280 days 2%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 3285 days 2%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 3287 days 2%
Laura David 9/10 3288 days 2%
Gretha 9/10 3290 days 2%
Dries 9/10 3290 days 2%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3290 days 2%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3290 days 2%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3291 days 2%
Alna 10/10 3296 days 2%
Patricia 10/10 3297 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3297 days 2%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3302 days 2%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3303 days 2%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3306 days 2%
Alonso 8/10 3309 days 2%
Sophie 9/10 3310 days 2%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3312 days 2%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3312 days 2%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3312 days 2%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3313 days 2%
John Edwards 10/10 3314 days 2%
Alice Frater 9/10 3314 days 2%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3315 days 2%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3324 days 2%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3324 days 2%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3326 days 2%
Sam Staines 8/10 3328 days 2%
Christine 5/10 3329 days 2%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3330 days 2%
Megan 8/10 3333 days 2%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3333 days 2%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3338 days 2%
Niels 9/10 3339 days 2%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3341 days 2%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3342 days 2%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3342 days 2%
Anne 8/10 3348 days 2%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3453 days 2%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3529 days 2%
Celina 7/10 3529 days 2%
Vanuxem 7/10 3546 days 2%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3548 days 2%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3548 days 2%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3551 days 2%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3552 days 2%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3555 days 1%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3557 days 1%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3560 days 1%
Liam King 8/10 3561 days 2%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3561 days 2%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3562 days 2%
Christian Krause 9/10 3563 days 2%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3563 days 2%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3564 days 2%
Anika D 7/10 3566 days 1%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3566 days 2%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3566 days 2%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3567 days 2%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3569 days 1%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3569 days 2%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3570 days 2%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3570 days 1%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3571 days 2%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3573 days 2%
Hannes 9/10 3574 days 2%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3574 days 2%
Laura Moore 10/10 3575 days 2%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3576 days 1%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3577 days 2%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3578 days 1%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3580 days 1%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3581 days 2%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3582 days 1%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3583 days 1%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3584 days 2%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3586 days 2%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3586 days 2%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3586 days 2%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3588 days 2%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3588 days 2%
Marcus 8/10 3590 days 2%
Jesper 8/10 3590 days 2%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3590 days 2%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3593 days 2%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3593 days 1%
Amit Bass 10/10 3594 days 2%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3594 days 2%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3594 days 1%
Sebastian 10/10 3595 days 2%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3595 days 2%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3595 days 1%
Annika Weber 10/10 3595 days 2%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3595 days 1%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3595 days 2%
Richard May 6/10 3596 days 1%
Max Butteli 6/10 3597 days 1%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3601 days 1%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3602 days 1%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3604 days 2%
Briony 9/10 3605 days 1%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3605 days 1%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3606 days 1%
Gerrit 8/10 3606 days 1%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3606 days 1%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3606 days 2%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3606 days 1%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3606 days 1%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3606 days 1%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3607 days 1%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3608 days 1%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3608 days 1%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3609 days 1%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3610 days 1%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3610 days 1%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3610 days 1%
David Soukal 9/10 3611 days 1%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3612 days 1%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3613 days 1%
Isabelle 10/10 3614 days 1%
M J 9/10 3615 days 1%
Susi 9/10 3616 days 1%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3617 days 1%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3619 days 1%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3620 days 1%
Alice Melker 7/10 3620 days 1%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3620 days 1%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3623 days 1%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3625 days 1%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3626 days 1%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3626 days 1%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3626 days 1%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3628 days 1%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3629 days 1%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3630 days 1%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3630 days 1%
Josephine 8/10 3631 days 1%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3631 days 1%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3631 days 1%
Nico 6/10 3632 days 1%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3648 days 1%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3649 days 1%
Marc 7/10 3650 days 1%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3650 days 1%
Malina 8/10 3652 days 1%
Julia Martin 6/10 3652 days 1%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3653 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 3655 days 1%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3657 days 1%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3663 days 1%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3663 days 1%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3668 days 1%
Selma Krap 9/10 3669 days 1%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3675 days 1%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3696 days 1%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3711 days 1%
Luis . 7/10 3757 days 1%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3929 days 1%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3929 days 1%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3929 days 1%
Mak Walther 8/10 3931 days 1%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3931 days 1%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3975 days 1%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3976 days 1%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3990 days 1%
Marie Sander 8/10 3990 days 1%
Felix Holm 7/10 4013 days 1%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4023 days 1%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 4033 days 1%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 4086 days 1%
Ron Clarke 10/10 4092 days 1%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 4269 days 0%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 4269 days 0%
Lagarde 7/10 4274 days 0%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4275 days 0%
Lola 8/10 4275 days 0%
Alisa 9/10 4275 days 0%
Laura 8/10 4275 days 0%
Camille Bellay 5/10 4278 days 0%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 4278 days 0%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 4282 days 0%
Christina Perez 6/10 4282 days 0%
Alex 10/10 4285 days 0%
Becky 9/10 4285 days 0%
Christoph Betten 9/10 4285 days 0%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 4285 days 0%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4286 days 0%
Laura 9/10 4290 days 0%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4290 days 0%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4291 days 0%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4291 days 0%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4292 days 0%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4293 days 0%
Laura 10/10 4301 days 0%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4302 days 0%
Laina Black 9/10 4306 days 0%
Ricky White 7/10 4306 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4307 days 0%
Hadler 8/10 4308 days 0%
Felicitas 7/10 4308 days 0%
Steffen 10/10 4310 days 0%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4310 days 0%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4310 days 0%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4311 days 0%
Amanda 10/10 4317 days 0%
Derek 8/10 4317 days 0%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4318 days 0%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4318 days 0%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4321 days 0%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4321 days 0%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4321 days 0%
Max Meternich 8/10 4321 days 0%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4325 days 0%
Dana 10/10 4325 days 0%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4325 days 0%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4330 days 0%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4331 days 0%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4333 days 0%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4333 days 0%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4333 days 0%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4333 days 0%
Johannes 8/10 4334 days 0%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4337 days 0%
Anna 8/10 4337 days 0%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4347 days 0%
Philipp 9/10 4347 days 0%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4347 days 0%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4349 days 0%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4349 days 0%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4351 days 0%
Roland Beer 8/10 4354 days 0%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4354 days 0%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4355 days 0%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4356 days 0%
Marco Newald 5/10 4356 days 0%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4359 days 0%
B D 10/10 4366 days 0%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4366 days 0%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4366 days 0%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4371 days 0%
Jeremy 9/10 4397 days 1%
Brian 9/10 4458 days 1%
Memain 9/10 4638 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4639 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4639 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4639 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4639 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4659 days 1%
Francois 3/10 4672 days 1%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4675 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4678 days 1%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4683 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4686 days 1%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4694 days 1%
Lis Bon 7/10 4700 days 1%
Craig Jones 9/10 4731 days 1%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4731 days 1%
Jurgen 7/10 4748 days 1%
Brigitte 8/10 4750 days 1%
Kohler 9/10 4751 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4751 days 1%
Roux 10/10 4752 days 1%
Reijenga 6/10 4753 days 1%
tanyap 9/10 4762 days 1%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4762 days 1%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4762 days 1%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4766 days 1%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4772 days 1%
Martina Posch 10/10 4776 days 1%
Oliver German 9/10 5009 days 1%
Jill Homewood 10/10 5030 days 1%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 5040 days 1%
Christian & Julia 10/10 5047 days 1%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 5048 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5048 days 1%
Verne Heath 10/10 5051 days 1%
Stefan 8/10 5051 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 5054 days 1%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 5058 days 1%
Anika 9/10 5065 days 1%
Asha 10/10 5097 days 1%
Tobias Forst 9/10 5129 days 1%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5144 days 1%
Christina 9/10 5145 days 1%
JadesWorld 6/10 5158 days 1%
Patricia French 9/10 5362 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5383 days 1%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5389 days 1%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5393 days 1%
Monica 9/10 5399 days 1%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5403 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5404 days 1%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5405 days 1%
Claudio 3/10 5409 days 1%
Faucon 5/10 5418 days 1%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5419 days 1%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5419 days 1%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5422 days 1%
Sprangers 7/10 5424 days 1%
qofd 9/10 5554 days 1%
ahtom82 2/10 5646 days 0%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5723 days 1%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5794 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 5862 days 1%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5865 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 5869 days 1%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5870 days 1%
neilchelt 7/10 5888 days 1%
suet 8/10 6102 days 1%
monikav 10/10 6102 days 1%
Nick 10/10 6132 days 1%
Rafael 9/10 6138 days 1%
Nanno 8/10 6152 days 1%
Florian 8/10 6159 days 1%
Thamar 7/10 6166 days 1%
Anna 7/10 6169 days 1%
Burkhalter 10/10 6173 days 1%
Lucas 10/10 6174 days 1%
Mark 8/10 6233 days 1%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6314 days 1%
Toby 5/10 6474 days 1%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6492 days 1%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6494 days 1%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6548 days 1%
Gail 8/10 6548 days 1%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6571 days 1%
Anita 5/10 6571 days 1%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6704 days 1%
Millie 8/10 6812 days 1%
Stephanie 9/10 6813 days 1%
Kristine 6/10 6814 days 1%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6830 days 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 6841 days 1%
Austin 10/10 6846 days 1%
Claire 7/10 6846 days 1%
Detlef 8/10 6846 days 1%
Lukas 10/10 6878 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

-0.93% 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 46 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
43 -0.87%
44 -0.89%
45 -0.91%
46 -0.93%
47 -0.95%
48 -0.97%
49 -0.99%

Balancing Adjustment

1.74% 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.