Kia ora, 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

364 Valid Reviews

The Rings Scenic Tours experience has a total of 364 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 364 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 83
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%

81.57% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rings Scenic Tours valid reviews is 81.57% and is based on 364 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 364 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

83.13%

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
Sarah Killury 5/10 2629 days 78%
Rado Hank 10/10 2716 days 100%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2718 days 99%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2720 days 98%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2722 days 100%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2724 days 99%
Phil Baker 9/10 2725 days 98%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2728 days 98%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2735 days 99%
Steve Jackson 8/10 2973 days 81%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 2980 days 81%
Robin 7/10 2981 days 76%
Andy 6/10 2982 days 69%
Philip Grant 7/10 2984 days 76%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 2985 days 76%
Pierre 7/10 2995 days 75%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 2997 days 79%
Auba Mateos 10/10 3002 days 81%
Charlotte 10/10 3002 days 81%
Francesca Scott 9/10 3002 days 80%
Anders Frank 7/10 3004 days 74%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 3006 days 80%
Simon Briens 7/10 3007 days 74%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 3008 days 79%
Chaulet 10/10 3013 days 80%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 3014 days 79%
Riccardo 8/10 3015 days 78%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 3035 days 79%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 3040 days 77%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 3042 days 76%
Laura David 9/10 3043 days 77%
Gretha 9/10 3045 days 77%
Dries 9/10 3045 days 77%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3045 days 78%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3045 days 76%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3046 days 77%
Alna 10/10 3051 days 78%
Patricia 10/10 3052 days 78%
Alex 10/10 3052 days 78%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3057 days 77%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3058 days 75%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3061 days 75%
Alonso 8/10 3064 days 75%
Sophie 9/10 3065 days 76%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3067 days 64%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3067 days 64%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3067 days 75%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3068 days 77%
John Edwards 10/10 3069 days 76%
Alice Frater 9/10 3069 days 76%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3070 days 75%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3079 days 74%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3079 days 76%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3081 days 74%
Sam Staines 8/10 3083 days 74%
Christine 5/10 3084 days 55%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3085 days 69%
Megan 8/10 3088 days 73%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3088 days 73%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3093 days 75%
Niels 9/10 3094 days 74%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3096 days 75%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3097 days 73%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3097 days 73%
Anne 8/10 3103 days 72%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3209 days 66%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3284 days 61%
Celina 7/10 3284 days 57%
Vanuxem 7/10 3301 days 56%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3303 days 56%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3303 days 59%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3306 days 60%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3307 days 60%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3310 days 55%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3312 days 55%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3315 days 50%
Liam King 8/10 3316 days 59%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3316 days 60%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3317 days 60%
Christian Krause 9/10 3318 days 59%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3318 days 58%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3319 days 59%
Anika D 7/10 3321 days 55%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3321 days 60%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3321 days 58%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3322 days 60%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3324 days 55%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3324 days 58%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3325 days 59%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3325 days 35%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3326 days 59%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3328 days 59%
Hannes 9/10 3329 days 58%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3329 days 58%
Laura Moore 10/10 3330 days 59%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3331 days 54%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3332 days 58%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3333 days 42%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3335 days 54%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3336 days 59%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3337 days 54%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3338 days 49%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3339 days 58%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3341 days 57%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3341 days 57%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3341 days 57%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3343 days 58%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3343 days 57%
Marcus 8/10 3345 days 57%
Jesper 8/10 3345 days 57%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3345 days 58%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3348 days 57%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3348 days 56%
Amit Bass 10/10 3349 days 58%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3349 days 58%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3349 days 34%
Sebastian 10/10 3350 days 58%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3350 days 58%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3350 days 34%
Annika Weber 10/10 3350 days 58%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3350 days 53%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3350 days 57%
Richard May 6/10 3351 days 48%
Max Butteli 6/10 3352 days 48%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3356 days 56%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3357 days 52%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3359 days 57%
Briony 9/10 3360 days 56%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3360 days 56%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3361 days 48%
Gerrit 8/10 3361 days 56%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3361 days 56%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3361 days 57%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3361 days 56%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3361 days 52%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3361 days 48%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3362 days 52%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3363 days 57%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3363 days 57%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3364 days 55%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3365 days 47%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3365 days 57%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3365 days 55%
David Soukal 9/10 3366 days 56%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3367 days 55%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3368 days 52%
Isabelle 10/10 3369 days 56%
M J 9/10 3370 days 56%
Susi 9/10 3371 days 56%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3372 days 52%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3374 days 55%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3375 days 33%
Alice Melker 7/10 3375 days 51%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3375 days 55%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3378 days 56%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3380 days 51%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3381 days 51%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3381 days 54%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3381 days 54%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3383 days 54%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3384 days 51%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3385 days 51%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3385 days 55%
Josephine 8/10 3386 days 54%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3386 days 55%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3386 days 51%
Nico 6/10 3387 days 46%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3403 days 53%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3404 days 50%
Marc 7/10 3405 days 50%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3405 days 53%
Malina 8/10 3407 days 53%
Julia Martin 6/10 3407 days 45%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3408 days 54%
Elodie 8/10 3410 days 52%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3412 days 54%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3418 days 52%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3418 days 52%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3423 days 48%
Selma Krap 9/10 3424 days 52%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3430 days 48%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3452 days 51%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3466 days 29%
Luis . 7/10 3513 days 43%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3684 days 35%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3684 days 35%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3684 days 35%
Mak Walther 8/10 3686 days 34%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3686 days 35%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3730 days 32%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3731 days 32%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3745 days 28%
Marie Sander 8/10 3745 days 30%
Felix Holm 7/10 3768 days 27%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 3778 days 28%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 3788 days 28%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 3841 days 25%
Ron Clarke 10/10 3848 days 24%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 4024 days 12%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 4024 days 9%
Lagarde 7/10 4029 days 11%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4030 days 12%
Lola 8/10 4030 days 12%
Alisa 9/10 4030 days 12%
Laura 8/10 4030 days 12%
Camille Bellay 5/10 4033 days 7%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 4033 days 9%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 4037 days 9%
Christina Perez 6/10 4037 days 9%
Alex 10/10 4040 days 12%
Becky 9/10 4040 days 11%
Christoph Betten 9/10 4040 days 11%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 4040 days 11%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4041 days 12%
Laura 9/10 4045 days 11%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4045 days 11%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4046 days 11%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4046 days 11%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4047 days 11%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4048 days 11%
Laura 10/10 4056 days 11%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4057 days 10%
Laina Black 9/10 4061 days 10%
Ricky White 7/10 4061 days 9%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4062 days 10%
Hadler 8/10 4063 days 10%
Felicitas 7/10 4063 days 9%
Steffen 10/10 4065 days 10%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4065 days 10%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4065 days 10%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4066 days 8%
Amanda 10/10 4072 days 10%
Derek 8/10 4072 days 9%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4073 days 9%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4073 days 8%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4076 days 8%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4076 days 8%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4076 days 9%
Max Meternich 8/10 4076 days 9%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4080 days 8%
Dana 10/10 4080 days 9%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4080 days 9%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4085 days 8%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4086 days 8%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4088 days 7%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4088 days 8%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4088 days 7%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4088 days 8%
Johannes 8/10 4089 days 8%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4092 days 8%
Anna 8/10 4092 days 8%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4102 days 6%
Philipp 9/10 4102 days 7%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4102 days 7%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4104 days 6%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4104 days 5%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4106 days 7%
Roland Beer 8/10 4109 days 7%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4109 days 7%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4110 days 7%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4111 days 3%
Marco Newald 5/10 4111 days 3%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4114 days 7%
B D 10/10 4121 days 6%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4121 days 6%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4121 days 6%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4126 days 5%
Jeremy 9/10 4152 days 4%
Brian 9/10 4213 days 0%
Memain 9/10 4393 days 23%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4394 days 22%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4394 days 21%
Konza 9/10 4394 days 23%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4394 days 18%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4414 days 21%
Francois 3/10 4427 days 8%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4430 days 3%
Tina 6/10 4433 days 18%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4438 days 23%
Collacott 9/10 4441 days 23%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4449 days 22%
Lis Bon 7/10 4455 days 21%
Craig Jones 9/10 4486 days 23%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4486 days 11%
Jurgen 7/10 4503 days 21%
Brigitte 8/10 4505 days 22%
Kohler 9/10 4506 days 23%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4506 days 22%
Roux 10/10 4507 days 23%
Reijenga 6/10 4508 days 18%
tanyap 9/10 4517 days 23%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4517 days 23%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4517 days 23%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4521 days 8%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4527 days 22%
Martina Posch 10/10 4531 days 23%
Oliver German 9/10 4764 days 23%
Jill Homewood 10/10 4785 days 23%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 4795 days 15%
Christian & Julia 10/10 4802 days 23%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 4803 days 23%
Thomas 10/10 4803 days 23%
Verne Heath 10/10 4806 days 23%
Stefan 8/10 4806 days 22%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 4809 days 21%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 4813 days 22%
Anika 9/10 4820 days 23%
Asha 10/10 4852 days 23%
Tobias Forst 9/10 4884 days 23%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 4899 days 23%
Christina 9/10 4900 days 23%
JadesWorld 6/10 4913 days 18%
Patricia French 9/10 5117 days 23%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5138 days 22%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5144 days 21%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5148 days 21%
Monica 9/10 5154 days 23%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5158 days 22%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5159 days 22%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5160 days 22%
Claudio 3/10 5164 days 8%
Faucon 5/10 5173 days 15%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5174 days 11%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5174 days 22%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5177 days 23%
Sprangers 7/10 5179 days 21%
qofd 9/10 5309 days 23%
ahtom82 2/10 5401 days 4%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5478 days 23%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5549 days 22%
Jansen 9/10 5617 days 23%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5620 days 23%
Elodie 8/10 5624 days 22%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5625 days 23%
neilchelt 7/10 5643 days 21%
suet 8/10 5857 days 22%
monikav 10/10 5857 days 23%
Nick 10/10 5888 days 23%
Rafael 9/10 5894 days 23%
Nanno 8/10 5908 days 22%
Florian 8/10 5915 days 22%
Thamar 7/10 5922 days 21%
Anna 7/10 5925 days 21%
Burkhalter 10/10 5929 days 23%
Lucas 10/10 5930 days 23%
Mark 8/10 5989 days 22%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6069 days 23%
Toby 5/10 6229 days 15%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6247 days 23%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6249 days 23%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6303 days 23%
Gail 8/10 6303 days 22%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6326 days 21%
Anita 5/10 6326 days 15%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6459 days 22%
Millie 8/10 6567 days 22%
Stephanie 9/10 6568 days 23%
Kristine 6/10 6569 days 18%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6585 days 23%
Denise Nick 9/10 6596 days 23%
Austin 10/10 6601 days 23%
Claire 7/10 6601 days 21%
Detlef 8/10 6601 days 22%
Lukas 10/10 6633 days 23%

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

-3.48% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 65 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 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -3.43%
198 -3.45%
199 -3.47%
200 -3.48%
201 -3.50%
202 -3.52%
203 -3.54%

Balancing Adjustment

3.10% 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

83%

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.