Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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

83.20%

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 2585 days 80%
Rado Hank 10/10 2673 days 100%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2675 days 99%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2677 days 98%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2679 days 100%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2681 days 100%
Phil Baker 9/10 2682 days 98%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2685 days 98%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2692 days 99%
Steve Jackson 8/10 2930 days 83%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 2937 days 84%
Robin 7/10 2938 days 79%
Andy 6/10 2939 days 73%
Philip Grant 7/10 2941 days 78%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 2942 days 78%
Pierre 7/10 2952 days 78%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 2954 days 82%
Auba Mateos 10/10 2959 days 83%
Charlotte 10/10 2959 days 83%
Francesca Scott 9/10 2959 days 82%
Anders Frank 7/10 2961 days 77%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 2963 days 82%
Simon Briens 7/10 2964 days 77%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 2965 days 81%
Chaulet 10/10 2970 days 83%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 2971 days 82%
Riccardo 8/10 2972 days 81%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 2992 days 81%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 2997 days 80%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 2999 days 79%
Laura David 9/10 3000 days 80%
Gretha 9/10 3002 days 80%
Dries 9/10 3002 days 80%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3002 days 81%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3002 days 79%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3003 days 80%
Alna 10/10 3008 days 80%
Patricia 10/10 3009 days 80%
Alex 10/10 3009 days 80%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3014 days 80%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3015 days 78%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3018 days 78%
Alonso 8/10 3021 days 78%
Sophie 9/10 3022 days 79%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3024 days 68%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3024 days 68%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3024 days 78%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3025 days 79%
John Edwards 10/10 3026 days 79%
Alice Frater 9/10 3026 days 78%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3027 days 78%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3036 days 77%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3036 days 79%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3038 days 77%
Sam Staines 8/10 3040 days 77%
Christine 5/10 3041 days 60%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3042 days 73%
Megan 8/10 3045 days 77%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3045 days 77%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3050 days 78%
Niels 9/10 3051 days 77%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3053 days 78%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3054 days 76%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3054 days 76%
Anne 8/10 3060 days 76%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3165 days 70%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3241 days 65%
Celina 7/10 3241 days 62%
Vanuxem 7/10 3258 days 61%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3260 days 61%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3260 days 64%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3263 days 65%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3264 days 65%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3267 days 60%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3269 days 60%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3272 days 56%
Liam King 8/10 3273 days 63%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3273 days 65%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3274 days 65%
Christian Krause 9/10 3275 days 64%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3275 days 63%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3276 days 64%
Anika D 7/10 3278 days 60%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3278 days 64%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3278 days 63%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3279 days 64%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3281 days 60%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3281 days 63%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3282 days 64%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3282 days 42%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3283 days 63%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3285 days 64%
Hannes 9/10 3286 days 63%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3286 days 63%
Laura Moore 10/10 3287 days 64%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3288 days 59%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3289 days 62%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3290 days 48%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3292 days 59%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3293 days 63%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3294 days 59%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3295 days 55%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3296 days 63%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3298 days 62%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3298 days 62%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3298 days 62%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3300 days 63%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3300 days 62%
Marcus 8/10 3302 days 62%
Jesper 8/10 3302 days 62%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3302 days 63%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3305 days 62%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3305 days 62%
Amit Bass 10/10 3306 days 63%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3306 days 63%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3306 days 41%
Sebastian 10/10 3307 days 63%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3307 days 63%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3307 days 41%
Annika Weber 10/10 3307 days 63%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3307 days 58%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3307 days 62%
Richard May 6/10 3308 days 54%
Max Butteli 6/10 3309 days 54%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3313 days 61%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3314 days 58%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3316 days 62%
Briony 9/10 3317 days 61%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3317 days 61%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3318 days 53%
Gerrit 8/10 3318 days 61%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3318 days 61%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3318 days 62%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3318 days 61%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3318 days 58%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3318 days 53%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3319 days 58%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3320 days 62%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3320 days 62%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3321 days 61%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3322 days 53%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3322 days 62%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3322 days 61%
David Soukal 9/10 3323 days 61%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3324 days 60%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3325 days 57%
Isabelle 10/10 3326 days 62%
M J 9/10 3327 days 61%
Susi 9/10 3328 days 61%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3329 days 57%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3331 days 60%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3332 days 40%
Alice Melker 7/10 3332 days 57%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3332 days 60%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3335 days 61%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3337 days 57%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3338 days 57%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3338 days 60%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3338 days 60%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3340 days 60%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3341 days 56%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3342 days 56%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3342 days 61%
Josephine 8/10 3343 days 59%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3343 days 60%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3343 days 56%
Nico 6/10 3344 days 52%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3360 days 58%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3361 days 55%
Marc 7/10 3362 days 55%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3362 days 59%
Malina 8/10 3364 days 58%
Julia Martin 6/10 3364 days 51%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3365 days 59%
Elodie 8/10 3367 days 58%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3369 days 59%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3375 days 58%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3375 days 58%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3380 days 54%
Selma Krap 9/10 3381 days 58%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3387 days 54%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3408 days 57%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3423 days 36%
Luis . 7/10 3469 days 49%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3641 days 43%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3641 days 43%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3641 days 43%
Mak Walther 8/10 3643 days 42%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3643 days 42%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3687 days 40%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3688 days 40%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3702 days 37%
Marie Sander 8/10 3702 days 39%
Felix Holm 7/10 3725 days 35%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 3735 days 37%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 3745 days 36%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 3798 days 34%
Ron Clarke 10/10 3804 days 33%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 3981 days 23%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 3981 days 20%
Lagarde 7/10 3986 days 21%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 3987 days 22%
Lola 8/10 3987 days 22%
Alisa 9/10 3987 days 22%
Laura 8/10 3987 days 22%
Camille Bellay 5/10 3990 days 17%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 3990 days 19%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 3994 days 19%
Christina Perez 6/10 3994 days 19%
Alex 10/10 3997 days 22%
Becky 9/10 3997 days 22%
Christoph Betten 9/10 3997 days 22%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 3997 days 22%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 3998 days 22%
Laura 9/10 4002 days 22%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4002 days 22%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4003 days 21%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4003 days 22%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4004 days 21%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4005 days 22%
Laura 10/10 4013 days 21%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4014 days 21%
Laina Black 9/10 4018 days 21%
Ricky White 7/10 4018 days 19%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4019 days 21%
Hadler 8/10 4020 days 20%
Felicitas 7/10 4020 days 19%
Steffen 10/10 4022 days 21%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4022 days 20%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4022 days 21%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4023 days 19%
Amanda 10/10 4029 days 20%
Derek 8/10 4029 days 20%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4030 days 20%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4030 days 19%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4033 days 19%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4033 days 19%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4033 days 20%
Max Meternich 8/10 4033 days 20%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4037 days 18%
Dana 10/10 4037 days 20%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4037 days 19%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4042 days 19%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4043 days 19%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4045 days 18%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4045 days 19%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4045 days 18%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4045 days 19%
Johannes 8/10 4046 days 19%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4049 days 19%
Anna 8/10 4049 days 19%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4059 days 17%
Philipp 9/10 4059 days 18%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4059 days 18%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4061 days 17%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4061 days 16%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4063 days 18%
Roland Beer 8/10 4066 days 18%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4066 days 18%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4067 days 18%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4068 days 14%
Marco Newald 5/10 4068 days 14%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4071 days 18%
B D 10/10 4078 days 17%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4078 days 17%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4078 days 17%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4083 days 16%
Jeremy 9/10 4109 days 15%
Brian 9/10 4170 days 12%
Memain 9/10 4350 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4351 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4351 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4351 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4351 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4371 days 0%
Francois 3/10 4384 days 16%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4387 days 12%
Tina 6/10 4390 days 25%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4395 days 30%
Collacott 9/10 4398 days 29%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4406 days 29%
Lis Bon 7/10 4412 days 28%
Craig Jones 9/10 4443 days 29%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4443 days 19%
Jurgen 7/10 4460 days 28%
Brigitte 8/10 4462 days 29%
Kohler 9/10 4463 days 29%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4463 days 29%
Roux 10/10 4464 days 30%
Reijenga 6/10 4465 days 25%
tanyap 9/10 4474 days 29%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4474 days 30%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4474 days 29%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4478 days 16%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4484 days 29%
Martina Posch 10/10 4488 days 30%
Oliver German 9/10 4721 days 29%
Jill Homewood 10/10 4742 days 30%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 4752 days 22%
Christian & Julia 10/10 4759 days 30%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 4760 days 29%
Thomas 10/10 4760 days 30%
Verne Heath 10/10 4763 days 30%
Stefan 8/10 4763 days 29%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 4766 days 28%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 4770 days 29%
Anika 9/10 4777 days 29%
Asha 10/10 4809 days 30%
Tobias Forst 9/10 4841 days 29%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 4856 days 29%
Christina 9/10 4857 days 29%
JadesWorld 6/10 4870 days 25%
Patricia French 9/10 5074 days 29%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5095 days 29%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5101 days 28%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5105 days 28%
Monica 9/10 5111 days 29%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5115 days 29%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5116 days 29%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5117 days 29%
Claudio 3/10 5121 days 16%
Faucon 5/10 5130 days 22%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5131 days 19%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5131 days 29%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5134 days 30%
Sprangers 7/10 5136 days 28%
qofd 9/10 5266 days 29%
ahtom82 2/10 5358 days 13%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5435 days 29%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5506 days 29%
Jansen 9/10 5574 days 29%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5577 days 29%
Elodie 8/10 5581 days 29%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5582 days 29%
neilchelt 7/10 5600 days 28%
suet 8/10 5814 days 29%
monikav 10/10 5814 days 30%
Nick 10/10 5844 days 30%
Rafael 9/10 5850 days 29%
Nanno 8/10 5864 days 29%
Florian 8/10 5871 days 29%
Thamar 7/10 5878 days 28%
Anna 7/10 5881 days 28%
Burkhalter 10/10 5885 days 30%
Lucas 10/10 5886 days 30%
Mark 8/10 5945 days 29%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6026 days 29%
Toby 5/10 6186 days 22%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6204 days 30%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6206 days 30%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6260 days 29%
Gail 8/10 6260 days 29%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6283 days 28%
Anita 5/10 6283 days 22%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6416 days 29%
Millie 8/10 6524 days 29%
Stephanie 9/10 6525 days 29%
Kristine 6/10 6526 days 25%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6542 days 29%
Denise Nick 9/10 6553 days 29%
Austin 10/10 6558 days 30%
Claire 7/10 6558 days 28%
Detlef 8/10 6558 days 29%
Lukas 10/10 6590 days 30%

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

-4.10% 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 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -4.04%
198 -4.06%
199 -4.08%
200 -4.10%
201 -4.12%
202 -4.14%
203 -4.16%

Balancing Adjustment

3.26% 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

82%

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.