Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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

83.29%

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 2554 days 80%
Rado Hank 10/10 2642 days 100%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2644 days 99%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2646 days 98%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2648 days 100%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2650 days 100%
Phil Baker 9/10 2651 days 98%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2654 days 98%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2661 days 99%
Steve Jackson 8/10 2899 days 83%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 2906 days 84%
Robin 7/10 2907 days 79%
Andy 6/10 2908 days 73%
Philip Grant 7/10 2910 days 79%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 2911 days 79%
Pierre 7/10 2921 days 78%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 2923 days 82%
Auba Mateos 10/10 2928 days 83%
Charlotte 10/10 2928 days 83%
Francesca Scott 9/10 2928 days 83%
Anders Frank 7/10 2930 days 78%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 2932 days 82%
Simon Briens 7/10 2933 days 77%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 2934 days 81%
Chaulet 10/10 2939 days 83%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 2940 days 82%
Riccardo 8/10 2941 days 81%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 2961 days 82%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 2966 days 80%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 2968 days 80%
Laura David 9/10 2969 days 80%
Gretha 9/10 2971 days 80%
Dries 9/10 2971 days 80%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 2971 days 81%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 2971 days 79%
Micha Kuster 9/10 2972 days 80%
Alna 10/10 2977 days 81%
Patricia 10/10 2978 days 81%
Alex 10/10 2978 days 81%
Jennie Holland 10/10 2983 days 80%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 2984 days 79%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 2987 days 79%
Alonso 8/10 2990 days 78%
Sophie 9/10 2991 days 79%
Jannika Cao 6/10 2993 days 69%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 2993 days 69%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 2993 days 78%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 2994 days 80%
John Edwards 10/10 2995 days 80%
Alice Frater 9/10 2995 days 79%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 2996 days 78%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3005 days 77%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3005 days 79%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3007 days 77%
Sam Staines 8/10 3009 days 77%
Christine 5/10 3010 days 60%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3011 days 73%
Megan 8/10 3014 days 77%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3014 days 77%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3019 days 78%
Niels 9/10 3020 days 77%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3022 days 78%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3023 days 76%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3023 days 76%
Anne 8/10 3029 days 76%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3134 days 71%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3210 days 66%
Celina 7/10 3210 days 63%
Vanuxem 7/10 3227 days 62%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3229 days 62%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3229 days 65%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3232 days 65%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3233 days 65%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3236 days 61%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3238 days 61%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3241 days 56%
Liam King 8/10 3242 days 64%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3242 days 65%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3243 days 65%
Christian Krause 9/10 3244 days 65%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3244 days 64%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3245 days 65%
Anika D 7/10 3247 days 61%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3247 days 65%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3247 days 64%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3248 days 65%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3250 days 60%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3250 days 64%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3251 days 65%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3251 days 42%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3252 days 64%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3254 days 65%
Hannes 9/10 3255 days 64%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3255 days 64%
Laura Moore 10/10 3256 days 65%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3257 days 60%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3258 days 63%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3259 days 49%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3261 days 60%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3262 days 64%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3263 days 60%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3264 days 55%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3265 days 63%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3267 days 63%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3267 days 63%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3267 days 63%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3269 days 64%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3269 days 63%
Marcus 8/10 3271 days 62%
Jesper 8/10 3271 days 62%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3271 days 64%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3274 days 63%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3274 days 62%
Amit Bass 10/10 3275 days 63%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3275 days 63%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3275 days 41%
Sebastian 10/10 3276 days 63%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3276 days 63%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3276 days 41%
Annika Weber 10/10 3276 days 63%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3276 days 59%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3276 days 63%
Richard May 6/10 3277 days 55%
Max Butteli 6/10 3278 days 54%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3282 days 62%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3283 days 59%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3285 days 63%
Briony 9/10 3286 days 62%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3286 days 62%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3287 days 54%
Gerrit 8/10 3287 days 62%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3287 days 62%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3287 days 63%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3287 days 62%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3287 days 58%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3287 days 54%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3288 days 58%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3289 days 63%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3289 days 63%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3290 days 61%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3291 days 54%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3291 days 63%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3291 days 61%
David Soukal 9/10 3292 days 62%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3293 days 61%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3294 days 58%
Isabelle 10/10 3295 days 62%
M J 9/10 3296 days 62%
Susi 9/10 3297 days 62%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3298 days 58%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3300 days 61%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3301 days 40%
Alice Melker 7/10 3301 days 58%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3301 days 61%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3304 days 62%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3306 days 57%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3307 days 57%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3307 days 60%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3307 days 60%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3309 days 60%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3310 days 57%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3311 days 57%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3311 days 61%
Josephine 8/10 3312 days 60%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3312 days 61%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3312 days 57%
Nico 6/10 3313 days 53%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3329 days 59%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3330 days 56%
Marc 7/10 3331 days 56%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3331 days 60%
Malina 8/10 3333 days 59%
Julia Martin 6/10 3333 days 52%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3334 days 60%
Elodie 8/10 3336 days 59%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3338 days 60%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3344 days 58%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3344 days 58%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3349 days 55%
Selma Krap 9/10 3350 days 59%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3356 days 55%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3377 days 58%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3392 days 37%
Luis . 7/10 3438 days 50%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3610 days 44%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3610 days 44%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3610 days 44%
Mak Walther 8/10 3612 days 43%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3612 days 44%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3656 days 41%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3657 days 41%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3671 days 38%
Marie Sander 8/10 3671 days 40%
Felix Holm 7/10 3694 days 37%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 3704 days 38%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 3714 days 37%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 3767 days 35%
Ron Clarke 10/10 3773 days 35%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 3950 days 24%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 3950 days 21%
Lagarde 7/10 3955 days 23%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 3956 days 24%
Lola 8/10 3956 days 24%
Alisa 9/10 3956 days 24%
Laura 8/10 3956 days 24%
Camille Bellay 5/10 3959 days 18%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 3959 days 21%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 3963 days 20%
Christina Perez 6/10 3963 days 20%
Alex 10/10 3966 days 24%
Becky 9/10 3966 days 23%
Christoph Betten 9/10 3966 days 23%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 3966 days 23%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 3967 days 24%
Laura 9/10 3971 days 23%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 3971 days 23%
Bea Westkam 9/10 3972 days 23%
Julia Moellers 10/10 3972 days 23%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 3973 days 23%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 3974 days 23%
Laura 10/10 3982 days 23%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 3983 days 22%
Laina Black 9/10 3987 days 22%
Ricky White 7/10 3987 days 21%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 3988 days 22%
Hadler 8/10 3989 days 22%
Felicitas 7/10 3989 days 21%
Steffen 10/10 3991 days 22%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 3991 days 22%
Nina Helmling 10/10 3991 days 22%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 3992 days 21%
Amanda 10/10 3998 days 22%
Derek 8/10 3998 days 21%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 3999 days 21%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 3999 days 20%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4002 days 20%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4002 days 20%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4002 days 21%
Max Meternich 8/10 4002 days 21%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4006 days 20%
Dana 10/10 4006 days 21%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4006 days 21%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4011 days 21%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4012 days 21%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4014 days 19%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4014 days 21%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4014 days 19%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4014 days 20%
Johannes 8/10 4015 days 20%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4018 days 20%
Anna 8/10 4018 days 20%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4028 days 19%
Philipp 9/10 4028 days 20%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4028 days 20%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4030 days 19%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4030 days 17%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4032 days 20%
Roland Beer 8/10 4035 days 19%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4035 days 20%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4036 days 20%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4037 days 15%
Marco Newald 5/10 4037 days 15%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4040 days 19%
B D 10/10 4047 days 19%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4047 days 19%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4047 days 19%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4052 days 17%
Jeremy 9/10 4078 days 17%
Brian 9/10 4139 days 13%
Memain 9/10 4319 days 3%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4320 days 3%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4320 days 3%
Konza 9/10 4320 days 3%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4320 days 3%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4340 days 2%
Francois 3/10 4353 days 1%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4356 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4359 days 1%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4364 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4367 days 0%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4375 days 0%
Lis Bon 7/10 4381 days 27%
Craig Jones 9/10 4412 days 29%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4412 days 19%
Jurgen 7/10 4429 days 27%
Brigitte 8/10 4431 days 29%
Kohler 9/10 4432 days 29%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4432 days 29%
Roux 10/10 4433 days 29%
Reijenga 6/10 4434 days 25%
tanyap 9/10 4443 days 29%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4443 days 29%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4443 days 29%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4447 days 16%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4453 days 29%
Martina Posch 10/10 4457 days 29%
Oliver German 9/10 4690 days 29%
Jill Homewood 10/10 4711 days 29%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 4721 days 22%
Christian & Julia 10/10 4728 days 29%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 4729 days 29%
Thomas 10/10 4729 days 29%
Verne Heath 10/10 4732 days 29%
Stefan 8/10 4732 days 29%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 4735 days 27%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 4739 days 29%
Anika 9/10 4746 days 29%
Asha 10/10 4778 days 29%
Tobias Forst 9/10 4810 days 29%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 4825 days 29%
Christina 9/10 4826 days 29%
JadesWorld 6/10 4839 days 25%
Patricia French 9/10 5043 days 29%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5064 days 29%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5070 days 27%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5074 days 27%
Monica 9/10 5080 days 29%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5084 days 29%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5085 days 29%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5086 days 29%
Claudio 3/10 5090 days 16%
Faucon 5/10 5099 days 22%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5100 days 19%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5100 days 29%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5103 days 29%
Sprangers 7/10 5105 days 27%
qofd 9/10 5235 days 29%
ahtom82 2/10 5327 days 13%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5404 days 29%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5475 days 29%
Jansen 9/10 5543 days 29%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5546 days 29%
Elodie 8/10 5550 days 29%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5551 days 29%
neilchelt 7/10 5569 days 27%
suet 8/10 5783 days 29%
monikav 10/10 5783 days 29%
Nick 10/10 5813 days 29%
Rafael 9/10 5819 days 29%
Nanno 8/10 5833 days 29%
Florian 8/10 5840 days 29%
Thamar 7/10 5847 days 27%
Anna 7/10 5850 days 27%
Burkhalter 10/10 5854 days 29%
Lucas 10/10 5855 days 29%
Mark 8/10 5914 days 29%
Zoe Summers 9/10 5995 days 29%
Toby 5/10 6155 days 22%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6173 days 29%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6175 days 29%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6229 days 29%
Gail 8/10 6229 days 29%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6252 days 27%
Anita 5/10 6252 days 22%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6385 days 29%
Millie 8/10 6493 days 29%
Stephanie 9/10 6494 days 29%
Kristine 6/10 6495 days 25%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6511 days 29%
Denise Nick 9/10 6522 days 29%
Austin 10/10 6527 days 29%
Claire 7/10 6527 days 27%
Detlef 8/10 6527 days 29%
Lukas 10/10 6559 days 29%

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

-4.14% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 49 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 -4.08%
198 -4.10%
199 -4.12%
200 -4.14%
201 -4.16%
202 -4.18%
203 -4.20%

Balancing Adjustment

3.24% 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.