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Ranking Score Explained

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 Abel Tasman Sea Shuttle.

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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Abel Tasman Sea Shuttle

Valid Reviews

399 Valid Reviews

The Abel Tasman Sea Shuttle experience has a total of 400 reviews. There are 399 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 399 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 113
28%
9/10 135
34%
8/10 105
26%
7/10 30
8%
6/10 10
3%
5/10 4
1%
4/10 2
1%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.29% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Abel Tasman Sea Shuttle valid reviews is 87.29% and is based on 399 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

385 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 399 valid reviews, the experience has 385 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 385 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 103
27%
9/10 133
35%
8/10 104
27%
7/10 29
8%
6/10 10
3%
5/10 4
1%
4/10 2
1%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.01% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Abel Tasman Sea Shuttle face-to-face reviews is 87.01% and is based on 385 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

87.97%

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
Mel brown 10/10 1799 days 100%
S Weslake 10/10 2836 days 59%
Wendy 8/10 3234 days 42%
David 9/10 3234 days 43%
DEBBIE LAMBERT 10/10 3245 days 43%
Charlie Friesen 10/10 3290 days 41%
Guenter 10/10 3321 days 40%
Niels 9/10 3329 days 39%
Tom Brien 8/10 3566 days 29%
Carl 9/10 3593 days 29%
Ferry and Carlyn 9/10 3611 days 28%
Virgil Spruit 9/10 3651 days 26%
GONZALEZ ROBERTO 10/10 3718 days 24%
Megan 10/10 3925 days 16%
Felix Holm 7/10 4003 days 12%
Marion and Ralf 9/10 4022 days 12%
Astrid Egesten 4/10 4029 days 7%
Anna Grafenstein 8/10 4262 days 2%
Alisa 10/10 4265 days 2%
Laura 10/10 4265 days 2%
Jan Legein 10/10 4274 days 2%
Veeh Barrington 7/10 4298 days 1%
Rita Hochstiasser 8/10 4322 days 0%
Sue L 10/10 4325 days 0%
Brian 8/10 4417 days 18%
Christin Woelk 9/10 4626 days 18%
Rouquette 7/10 4672 days 17%
Bucher 10/10 4737 days 18%
Tony Hines 9/10 4738 days 18%
Al Stuart 6/10 4739 days 15%
Moorman 7/10 4743 days 17%
Urs Kloter 8/10 4743 days 18%
Brian Howe 10/10 4745 days 18%
Peter 10/10 4745 days 18%
Reinhard Stahl 9/10 4757 days 18%
Reinhard Stahl 9/10 4757 days 18%
Urs Zuercher 10/10 4757 days 18%
Peter Harden 10/10 4757 days 18%
Reijans 9/10 4758 days 18%
Judy 10/10 4761 days 18%
Henzen 8/10 4761 days 18%
Eric and Jen Popma 10/10 4762 days 18%
Stevie 9/10 4764 days 18%
Christian 10/10 4764 days 18%
Frederick Neilsen 6/10 4764 days 15%
John Freeman 10/10 4768 days 18%
Verest 9/10 4768 days 18%
Kali Lohman 7/10 4768 days 17%
Ton Franke 9/10 4768 days 18%
Stefan Roth 9/10 4768 days 18%
Marjo Cousijn 9/10 4769 days 18%
Megan Child 7/10 4769 days 17%
Roshnie 6/10 4782 days 15%
Adrian Weidell 8/10 4957 days 18%
Dovis Heinemann 10/10 5011 days 18%
Mark Westebring 8/10 5014 days 18%
Sally Gordie 8/10 5014 days 18%
Oliver Hardt 8/10 5016 days 18%
Petr Stepanek 10/10 5019 days 18%
Clausen 9/10 5020 days 18%
Val Phillips 9/10 5020 days 18%
Sabrina Germany 6/10 5022 days 15%
Armin Boehmer 8/10 5022 days 18%
Frank Claassen 7/10 5023 days 17%
tmdilly 7/10 5027 days 17%
Wright 8/10 5031 days 18%
B Sluis 8/10 5036 days 18%
Mark Bogton 9/10 5036 days 18%
Karl Brachtl 10/10 5036 days 18%
Michael Stoll 7/10 5037 days 17%
Martin & Dee Bellarby 10/10 5037 days 18%
Patrick Grant 9/10 5037 days 18%
Miina Hyuonen 8/10 5038 days 18%
Peter & Kate Carmichael 8/10 5038 days 18%
Chris 8/10 5038 days 18%
Stam 8/10 5038 days 18%
Nico Schoots 7/10 5038 days 17%
Russell Eames 8/10 5039 days 18%
Annie 8/10 5039 days 18%
R E Webb 8/10 5039 days 18%
Mickey 7/10 5039 days 17%
Cynthia 10/10 5039 days 18%
Rene 10/10 5039 days 18%
Patricia Fearon 8/10 5039 days 18%
Jacques Duyvestijn 8/10 5040 days 18%
Dominique 9/10 5040 days 18%
Russell 9/10 5041 days 18%
M Abbott 9/10 5041 days 18%
Walter & Heidi Baumann 10/10 5041 days 18%
Houter 8/10 5041 days 18%
Diane Moss 8/10 5041 days 18%
Robert McIlraith 10/10 5042 days 18%
Susie Christensen 8/10 5042 days 18%
Nic Roggeman 9/10 5043 days 18%
Thomas & Ruth Hardmeier 10/10 5044 days 18%
de Weijer 8/10 5044 days 18%
Beyeler 10/10 5044 days 18%
Aled 8/10 5045 days 18%
Lynn Robinson 9/10 5048 days 18%
Suzanne van Kol 9/10 5049 days 18%
Schweiger 10/10 5051 days 18%
Rowena and Ian Lanyon 9/10 5051 days 18%
Robert MacLeod-Smith 8/10 5052 days 18%
Soren Storeboerg 8/10 5053 days 18%
Steve Collier 9/10 5055 days 18%
Dick van Doorn 8/10 5055 days 18%
Heini 8/10 5055 days 18%
Barrie Corless 9/10 5055 days 18%
Stig Domander 9/10 5069 days 18%
Rhi 10/10 5087 days 18%
Tobias Forst 8/10 5119 days 18%
Arnoldus Bergmans 9/10 5122 days 18%
Dirk Faupel 9/10 5122 days 18%
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Chris Muller 8/10 5122 days 18%
Jo Delbrugge 9/10 5122 days 18%
Sarah and Soren 9/10 5124 days 18%
van Rees 9/10 5127 days 18%
Robin & Sandra Dijke 8/10 5127 days 18%
Jan & Marian 9/10 5130 days 18%
David & Mary-Jane Ryder 10/10 5130 days 18%
Caroline 9/10 5132 days 18%
Leif Sorensen 10/10 5132 days 18%
Andy Lever 5/10 5133 days 13%
Johanna Maria Brigitta 8/10 5133 days 18%
Konny 10/10 5134 days 18%
Theresa 9/10 5134 days 18%
Rudy Witt 9/10 5134 days 18%
Peter Spooner 10/10 5135 days 18%
Gary A 9/10 5148 days 18%
damaca 10/10 5209 days 18%
Janet Arber 9/10 5343 days 18%
Ralph & Marloes Meyers 7/10 5361 days 17%
Derek 10/10 5373 days 18%
Brian & Di 9/10 5375 days 18%
Eric & Liz McKean 10/10 5375 days 18%
Leon van Hengel 8/10 5376 days 18%
Barbara Probert 9/10 5377 days 18%
Kuhu 9/10 5377 days 18%
Richard Dudfield 8/10 5379 days 18%
Robin Adair 10/10 5380 days 18%
Graham Mason 10/10 5380 days 18%
Oppenoorth 9/10 5381 days 18%
Shane Curline 8/10 5383 days 18%
Michael Orme 9/10 5383 days 18%
Peter & Angela Brown 9/10 5383 days 18%
Janey Chamberlain 8/10 5384 days 18%
Joop Ezendam 8/10 5385 days 18%
J Palmer 7/10 5385 days 17%
David Mellard 10/10 5385 days 18%
Nicola Shaw 10/10 5386 days 18%
Diane Johnston 9/10 5386 days 18%
Richard Broughton 9/10 5387 days 18%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 5387 days 15%
Patrick Schaad 9/10 5387 days 18%
Gerstmann 9/10 5387 days 18%
Aln 8/10 5387 days 18%
Fam de Kruyf 8/10 5390 days 18%
Martin 9/10 5391 days 18%
Jack Vermeidem 8/10 5391 days 18%
Jan Visser 8/10 5393 days 18%
Marjan Van Den Braak 7/10 5394 days 17%
Tyson Burnett 8/10 5394 days 18%
John Gray 8/10 5394 days 18%
Colin Lockwood 8/10 5396 days 18%
David Emerick 10/10 5396 days 18%
Hadleigh 9/10 5398 days 18%
Marcus 9/10 5398 days 18%
Manu & Gabi 10/10 5398 days 18%
Peter 8/10 5398 days 18%
Bert Opdam 8/10 5403 days 18%
Anita Aleva 8/10 5405 days 18%
Leslie 9/10 5405 days 18%
Pat MacDonald 9/10 5408 days 18%
Jill Dean 9/10 5408 days 18%
Martin Current 8/10 5408 days 18%
Jane & Regis 9/10 5409 days 18%
Teum and Orselien 6/10 5409 days 15%
Graham 9/10 5409 days 18%
Ross Hughes 8/10 5412 days 18%
Sarraute 9/10 5413 days 18%
Webster 10/10 5414 days 18%
Jarob Brezigar 9/10 5414 days 18%
Lynn Leitch 10/10 5414 days 18%
Lili 6/10 5414 days 15%
Michael Duckert 9/10 5415 days 18%
Loren van Oordt 10/10 5416 days 18%
Tom Hill 10/10 5416 days 18%
D Oostrum 8/10 5416 days 18%
Elinor Bell 9/10 5416 days 18%
Tanner 10/10 5416 days 18%
John Fry 8/10 5416 days 18%
T Chapman 8/10 5416 days 18%
Ewald Waldner 9/10 5417 days 18%
Chris Chasemore 9/10 5417 days 18%
H Schepers 8/10 5417 days 18%
Steve & Susan Allan 9/10 5418 days 18%
Barbara Koegel 8/10 5418 days 18%
Andreas Neo 5/10 5418 days 13%
Grada Anderson 10/10 5421 days 18%
Chamton 8/10 5421 days 18%
Richardr1 10/10 5676 days 18%
Versteeg 8/10 5679 days 18%
Jon van Hanten 8/10 5683 days 18%
Charli Skinner 9/10 5688 days 18%
Kurt 9/10 5691 days 18%
Sophie & Joffrey 7/10 5692 days 17%
Jane and Dave 10/10 5694 days 18%
Peter Aerborg 9/10 5694 days 18%
krisevelyn 8/10 5697 days 18%
steveE 9/10 5697 days 18%
Maria 8/10 5727 days 18%
maggie Webster 7/10 5744 days 17%
katrina Marshall 10/10 5744 days 18%
Bergemann 10/10 5744 days 18%
Don Keith 6/10 5745 days 15%
OMPA 10/10 5746 days 18%
Theresa 10/10 5746 days 18%
George Lepple 10/10 5751 days 18%
Sue S 10/10 5753 days 18%
Ralph 4/10 5755 days 11%
Gerdes 9/10 5755 days 18%
Main 10/10 5759 days 18%
Stanna 9/10 5759 days 18%
Susan & Richard 10/10 5761 days 18%
Zareua Boree 9/10 5761 days 18%
S Millet 9/10 5764 days 18%
Muller Weissert 10/10 5765 days 18%
Frans N 10/10 5766 days 18%
Sue Bennett 8/10 5768 days 18%
Hans de Rijk 7/10 5768 days 17%
David Rich 9/10 5771 days 18%
Walter 8/10 5772 days 18%
Ferth 9/10 5772 days 18%
J Kempeneers 7/10 5772 days 17%
Vandeput 9/10 5772 days 18%
Marco 8/10 5774 days 18%
John Winter 8/10 5783 days 18%
Sinjc Grude 8/10 5783 days 18%
Hoogh 8/10 5783 days 18%
Keith Maplestone 8/10 5785 days 18%
John Rylance 10/10 5785 days 18%
Anne Fri 8/10 5785 days 18%
uleugel 9/10 5795 days 18%
Sabine Locker 8/10 5802 days 18%
Family van Hessem 7/10 5806 days 17%
Alibeare 10/10 5817 days 18%
graemeh1 9/10 5832 days 18%
klinger 10/10 5832 days 18%
wenerz 8/10 5833 days 18%
ilkal 9/10 5834 days 18%
susanl 10/10 5839 days 18%
Robbertsen 6/10 5840 days 15%
pimn 9/10 5842 days 18%
thomash 10/10 5842 days 18%
jamesg 9/10 5846 days 18%
pthreadgood 9/10 5846 days 18%
Gary Brown 10/10 5850 days 18%
Sandra M 8/10 5850 days 18%
dirkdev 9/10 5852 days 18%
Bill Nash 10/10 5852 days 18%
H Simpson 10/10 5852 days 18%
Wolfgang Mages 10/10 5852 days 18%
Colin S 9/10 5856 days 18%
Jenny Davies 8/10 5858 days 18%
Alan Riley 9/10 5860 days 18%
Ann Riley 9/10 5860 days 18%
Hennie Neeleman 9/10 5860 days 18%
Pieter Neeleman 8/10 5860 days 18%
Daniel Alonso 9/10 5860 days 18%
Hans Barth 8/10 5868 days 18%
Jenny and Dave Close 9/10 5871 days 18%
Graham Butt 8/10 5871 days 18%
Claudia 10/10 5871 days 18%
Evan 9/10 5909 days 18%
marleen451 9/10 5909 days 18%
johanw 9/10 5964 days 18%
ulrichk 10/10 5965 days 18%
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CarolN 8/10 6076 days 18%
Andrew Lonsdale 8/10 6080 days 18%
RosemaryC 7/10 6089 days 17%
Christian Kamm 10/10 6089 days 18%
caroldarren 9/10 6092 days 18%
monikav 10/10 6092 days 18%
Silvia Huerlimann 9/10 6092 days 18%
Kim 8/10 6097 days 18%
PaulC 10/10 6099 days 18%
Thomas1646 9/10 6099 days 18%
HenizV 9/10 6102 days 18%
EstherW 9/10 6102 days 18%
Marc 7/10 6102 days 17%
LosItaly 10/10 6104 days 18%
Rissmann 9/10 6108 days 18%
Mick 10/10 6109 days 18%
Mayer 9/10 6109 days 18%
BernardK 9/10 6109 days 18%
Vivien Williams 10/10 6110 days 18%
Barry Smith 10/10 6112 days 18%
Siemens 8/10 6112 days 18%
Suzie Lechner 10/10 6112 days 18%
Danlin Yang 8/10 6115 days 18%
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Manfred 8/10 6129 days 18%
Kay 8/10 6136 days 18%
Visken 8/10 6136 days 18%
Pascal 6/10 6143 days 15%
Nienhaus 7/10 6160 days 17%
Anna 5/10 6160 days 13%
Liane 10/10 6161 days 18%
Hove 8/10 6165 days 18%
Roger 10/10 6165 days 18%
Bennie 9/10 6165 days 18%
Ellis 9/10 6165 days 18%
Rob 9/10 6165 days 18%
johanna 9/10 6166 days 18%
Kathrin 9/10 6166 days 18%
tommfuller 10/10 6177 days 18%
philipaindow 9/10 6194 days 18%
Grace 8/10 6197 days 18%
Ellen 9/10 6206 days 18%
Getkate 9/10 6214 days 18%
Sid 10/10 6233 days 18%
Paul 7/10 6270 days 17%
Andrew 10/10 6276 days 18%
Terry 9/10 6283 days 18%
Christine 8/10 6345 days 18%
angela 9/10 6475 days 18%
Hoetnagels 7/10 6475 days 17%
Wolfgang 10/10 6479 days 18%
Ria 9/10 6479 days 18%
Annette Hurst 7/10 6482 days 17%
Klaus 10/10 6483 days 18%
Raymond 9/10 6485 days 18%
Richard Steward 7/10 6489 days 17%
Christine McKenna 9/10 6490 days 18%
Kathy Hawey 9/10 6491 days 18%
Jurg Meister 10/10 6492 days 18%
Jurgen Westphal 7/10 6492 days 17%
Sally and David Wallis 9/10 6492 days 18%
Jackie Horwell 10/10 6493 days 18%
Paula Curtis 10/10 6496 days 18%
Claas 9/10 6505 days 18%
Travis 9/10 6528 days 18%
Maria 9/10 6535 days 18%
Jane Holm 8/10 6540 days 18%
Hans 10/10 6563 days 18%
Chris Gedda 8/10 6566 days 18%
Gabriela Herger 7/10 6574 days 17%
Jane Cameron 10/10 6576 days 18%
Jane Coleman 10/10 6577 days 18%
Lyn Saxon 10/10 6577 days 18%
Samuel Brejeon 8/10 6577 days 18%
Manuel 7/10 6581 days 17%
Ole Weber 9/10 6581 days 18%
Ed van Dael 7/10 6584 days 17%
Rene Schotvanger 9/10 6694 days 18%
Jo 10/10 6694 days 18%
Hans Knappmann 10/10 6694 days 18%
Martjn 8/10 6820 days 18%
Sandra 10/10 6829 days 18%
Ruefli 10/10 6829 days 18%
TeamFlorida 10/10 6829 days 18%
Deloraine 10/10 6829 days 18%
Petra 8/10 6829 days 18%
Anita 8/10 6829 days 18%
Oliver 10/10 6829 days 18%
Petra 10/10 6832 days 18%
Hannah 9/10 6832 days 18%
Michael 9/10 6834 days 18%
M Bekker 8/10 6834 days 18%
sebastian 9/10 6843 days 18%
John Beirne 10/10 6846 days 18%
Angela 9/10 6846 days 18%
Frederik 10/10 6846 days 18%
Pam 10/10 6848 days 18%
Kate 5/10 6850 days 13%
Danyel 9/10 6852 days 18%
Arjan 8/10 6853 days 18%
Manfred 9/10 6855 days 18%
Tom 9/10 6857 days 18%
Stefan 10/10 6862 days 18%
Pini 9/10 6868 days 18%
Gordon 8/10 6869 days 18%
Gillian 9/10 6869 days 18%
frank 8/10 6869 days 18%
Harrison 8/10 6870 days 18%
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Leah 9/10 6870 days 18%
Liz 9/10 6870 days 18%

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 Abel Tasman Sea Shuttle experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-4.07% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 days. However the Abel Tasman Sea Shuttle 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 Abel Tasman Sea Shuttle experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
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197 -4.01%
198 -4.03%
199 -4.05%
200 -4.07%
201 -4.09%
202 -4.11%
203 -4.13%
… …

Balancing Adjustment

2.05% 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.