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

86.25%

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 10/10 154 days 100%
Sarah Killury 5/10 2952 days 2%
Rado Hank 10/10 3040 days 3%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 3042 days 3%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 3044 days 3%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 3046 days 3%
Anis Quentin 10/10 3048 days 3%
Phil Baker 9/10 3049 days 3%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 3052 days 3%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 3059 days 3%
Steve Jackson 8/10 3297 days 2%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 3304 days 2%
Robin 7/10 3305 days 2%
Andy 6/10 3306 days 2%
Philip Grant 7/10 3308 days 2%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 3309 days 2%
Pierre 7/10 3319 days 2%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 3321 days 2%
Auba Mateos 10/10 3326 days 2%
Charlotte 10/10 3326 days 2%
Francesca Scott 9/10 3326 days 2%
Anders Frank 7/10 3328 days 2%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 3330 days 2%
Simon Briens 7/10 3331 days 2%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 3332 days 2%
Chaulet 10/10 3337 days 2%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 3338 days 2%
Riccardo 8/10 3339 days 2%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 3359 days 2%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 3364 days 2%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 3366 days 2%
Laura David 9/10 3367 days 2%
Gretha 9/10 3369 days 2%
Dries 9/10 3369 days 2%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3369 days 2%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3369 days 2%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3370 days 2%
Alna 10/10 3375 days 2%
Patricia 10/10 3376 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3376 days 2%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3381 days 2%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3382 days 2%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3385 days 2%
Alonso 8/10 3388 days 2%
Sophie 9/10 3389 days 2%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3391 days 2%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3391 days 2%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3391 days 2%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3392 days 2%
John Edwards 10/10 3393 days 2%
Alice Frater 9/10 3393 days 2%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3394 days 2%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3403 days 2%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3403 days 2%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3405 days 2%
Sam Staines 8/10 3407 days 2%
Christine 5/10 3408 days 1%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3409 days 2%
Megan 8/10 3412 days 2%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3412 days 2%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3417 days 2%
Niels 9/10 3418 days 2%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3420 days 2%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3421 days 2%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3421 days 2%
Anne 8/10 3427 days 2%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3532 days 2%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3608 days 1%
Celina 7/10 3608 days 1%
Vanuxem 7/10 3625 days 1%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3627 days 1%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3627 days 1%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3630 days 1%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3631 days 1%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3634 days 1%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3636 days 1%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3639 days 1%
Liam King 8/10 3640 days 1%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3640 days 1%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3641 days 1%
Christian Krause 9/10 3642 days 1%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3642 days 1%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3643 days 1%
Anika D 7/10 3645 days 1%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3645 days 1%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3645 days 1%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3646 days 1%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3648 days 1%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3648 days 1%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3649 days 1%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3649 days 1%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3650 days 1%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3652 days 1%
Hannes 9/10 3653 days 1%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3653 days 1%
Laura Moore 10/10 3654 days 1%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3655 days 1%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3656 days 1%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3657 days 1%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3659 days 1%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3660 days 1%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3661 days 1%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3662 days 1%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3663 days 1%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3665 days 1%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3665 days 1%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3665 days 1%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3667 days 1%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3667 days 1%
Marcus 8/10 3669 days 1%
Jesper 8/10 3669 days 1%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3669 days 1%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3672 days 1%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3672 days 1%
Amit Bass 10/10 3673 days 1%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3673 days 1%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3673 days 1%
Sebastian 10/10 3674 days 1%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3674 days 1%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3674 days 1%
Annika Weber 10/10 3674 days 1%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3674 days 1%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3674 days 1%
Richard May 6/10 3675 days 1%
Max Butteli 6/10 3676 days 1%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3680 days 1%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3681 days 1%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3683 days 1%
Briony 9/10 3684 days 1%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3684 days 1%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3685 days 1%
Gerrit 8/10 3685 days 1%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3685 days 1%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3685 days 1%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3685 days 1%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3685 days 1%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3685 days 1%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3686 days 1%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3687 days 1%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3687 days 1%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3688 days 1%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3689 days 1%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3689 days 1%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3689 days 1%
David Soukal 9/10 3690 days 1%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3691 days 1%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3692 days 1%
Isabelle 10/10 3693 days 1%
M J 9/10 3694 days 1%
Susi 9/10 3695 days 1%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3696 days 1%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3698 days 1%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3699 days 1%
Alice Melker 7/10 3699 days 1%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3699 days 1%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3702 days 1%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3704 days 1%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3705 days 1%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3705 days 1%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3705 days 1%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3707 days 1%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3708 days 1%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3709 days 1%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3709 days 1%
Josephine 8/10 3710 days 1%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3710 days 1%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3710 days 1%
Nico 6/10 3711 days 1%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3727 days 1%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3728 days 1%
Marc 7/10 3729 days 1%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3729 days 1%
Malina 8/10 3731 days 1%
Julia Martin 6/10 3731 days 1%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3732 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 3734 days 1%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3736 days 1%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3742 days 1%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3742 days 1%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3747 days 1%
Selma Krap 9/10 3748 days 1%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3754 days 1%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3775 days 1%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3790 days 1%
Luis . 7/10 3836 days 1%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 4008 days 1%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 4008 days 1%
Anna Birzle 10/10 4008 days 1%
Mak Walther 8/10 4010 days 1%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 4010 days 1%
Celia Nowak 9/10 4054 days 1%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 4055 days 1%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 4069 days 1%
Marie Sander 8/10 4069 days 1%
Felix Holm 7/10 4092 days 1%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4102 days 1%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 4112 days 1%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 4165 days 0%
Ron Clarke 10/10 4171 days 0%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 4348 days 0%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 4348 days 0%
Lagarde 7/10 4353 days 0%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4354 days 0%
Lola 8/10 4354 days 0%
Alisa 9/10 4354 days 0%
Laura 8/10 4354 days 0%
Camille Bellay 5/10 4357 days 0%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 4357 days 0%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 4361 days 0%
Christina Perez 6/10 4361 days 0%
Alex 10/10 4364 days 0%
Becky 9/10 4364 days 0%
Christoph Betten 9/10 4364 days 0%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 4364 days 0%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4365 days 0%
Laura 9/10 4369 days 0%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4369 days 0%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4370 days 0%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4370 days 0%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4371 days 0%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4372 days 0%
Laura 10/10 4380 days 1%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4381 days 1%
Laina Black 9/10 4385 days 1%
Ricky White 7/10 4385 days 1%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4386 days 1%
Hadler 8/10 4387 days 1%
Felicitas 7/10 4387 days 1%
Steffen 10/10 4389 days 1%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4389 days 1%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4389 days 1%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4390 days 1%
Amanda 10/10 4396 days 1%
Derek 8/10 4396 days 1%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4397 days 1%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4397 days 1%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4400 days 1%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4400 days 1%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4400 days 1%
Max Meternich 8/10 4400 days 1%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4404 days 1%
Dana 10/10 4404 days 1%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4404 days 1%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4409 days 1%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4410 days 1%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4412 days 1%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4412 days 1%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4412 days 1%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4412 days 1%
Johannes 8/10 4413 days 1%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4416 days 1%
Anna 8/10 4416 days 1%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4426 days 1%
Philipp 9/10 4426 days 1%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4426 days 1%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4428 days 1%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4428 days 1%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4430 days 1%
Roland Beer 8/10 4433 days 1%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4433 days 1%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4434 days 1%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4435 days 1%
Marco Newald 5/10 4435 days 1%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4438 days 1%
B D 10/10 4445 days 1%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4445 days 1%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4445 days 1%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4450 days 1%
Jeremy 9/10 4476 days 1%
Brian 9/10 4537 days 1%
Memain 9/10 4717 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4718 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4718 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4718 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4718 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4738 days 1%
Francois 3/10 4751 days 1%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4754 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4757 days 1%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4762 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4765 days 1%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4773 days 1%
Lis Bon 7/10 4779 days 1%
Craig Jones 9/10 4810 days 1%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4810 days 1%
Jurgen 7/10 4827 days 1%
Brigitte 8/10 4829 days 1%
Kohler 9/10 4830 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4830 days 1%
Roux 10/10 4831 days 1%
Reijenga 6/10 4832 days 1%
tanyap 9/10 4841 days 1%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4841 days 1%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4841 days 1%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4845 days 1%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4851 days 1%
Martina Posch 10/10 4855 days 1%
Oliver German 9/10 5088 days 1%
Jill Homewood 10/10 5109 days 1%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 5119 days 1%
Christian & Julia 10/10 5126 days 1%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 5127 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5127 days 1%
Verne Heath 10/10 5130 days 1%
Stefan 8/10 5130 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 5133 days 1%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 5137 days 1%
Anika 9/10 5144 days 1%
Asha 10/10 5176 days 1%
Tobias Forst 9/10 5208 days 1%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5223 days 1%
Christina 9/10 5224 days 1%
JadesWorld 6/10 5237 days 1%
Patricia French 9/10 5441 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5462 days 1%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5468 days 1%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5472 days 1%
Monica 9/10 5478 days 1%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5482 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5483 days 1%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5484 days 1%
Claudio 3/10 5488 days 1%
Faucon 5/10 5497 days 1%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5498 days 1%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5498 days 1%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5501 days 1%
Sprangers 7/10 5503 days 1%
qofd 9/10 5633 days 1%
ahtom82 2/10 5725 days 0%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5802 days 1%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5873 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 5941 days 1%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5944 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 5948 days 1%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5949 days 1%
neilchelt 7/10 5967 days 1%
suet 8/10 6181 days 1%
monikav 10/10 6181 days 1%
Nick 10/10 6211 days 1%
Rafael 9/10 6217 days 1%
Nanno 8/10 6231 days 1%
Florian 8/10 6238 days 1%
Thamar 7/10 6245 days 1%
Anna 7/10 6248 days 1%
Burkhalter 10/10 6252 days 1%
Lucas 10/10 6253 days 1%
Mark 8/10 6312 days 1%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6393 days 1%
Toby 5/10 6553 days 1%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6571 days 1%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6573 days 1%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6627 days 1%
Gail 8/10 6627 days 1%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6650 days 1%
Anita 5/10 6650 days 1%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6783 days 1%
Millie 8/10 6891 days 1%
Stephanie 9/10 6892 days 1%
Kristine 6/10 6893 days 1%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6909 days 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 6920 days 1%
Austin 10/10 6925 days 1%
Claire 7/10 6925 days 1%
Detlef 8/10 6925 days 1%
Lukas 10/10 6957 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

-2.56% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 55 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 125 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
122 -2.49%
123 -2.51%
124 -2.53%
125 -2.56%
126 -2.58%
127 -2.60%
128 -2.62%

Balancing Adjustment

2.09% 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

86%

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.