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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 Punakaiki Beach Camp.
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Punakaiki Beach Camp
Valid Reviews
185 Valid Reviews
The Punakaiki Beach Camp experience has a total of 186 reviews. There are 185 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 185 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 39 |
|
21% |
| 9/10 | 45 |
|
24% |
| 8/10 | 65 |
|
35% |
| 7/10 | 13 |
|
7% |
| 6/10 | 13 |
|
7% |
| 5/10 | 4 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
82.05% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Punakaiki Beach Camp valid reviews is 82.05% and is based on 185 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
71 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 185 valid reviews, the experience has 71 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 71 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 19 |
|
27% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
27% |
| 8/10 | 19 |
|
27% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
7% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
6% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.52% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Punakaiki Beach Camp face-to-face reviews is 83.52% and is based on 71 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
82.60%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blu Ice | 8/10 | 63 days | 98% |
| Shaun | 10/10 | 63 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 63 days | 100% |
| Lisa B | 5/10 | 125 days | 76% |
| Mike Fricker | 8/10 | 369 days | 91% |
| Tal Tal | 6/10 | 429 days | 77% |
| Wil | 8/10 | 491 days | 85% |
| Melli Schmid | 1/10 | 491 days | 35% |
| Larissa | 10/10 | 521 days | 85% |
| Johanna Kuehl | 9/10 | 582 days | 80% |
| Donna Harbidge | 9/10 | 582 days | 80% |
| Niall Hamilton | 10/10 | 705 days | 72% |
| Katie Edser | 8/10 | 766 days | 65% |
| Family of four | 9/10 | 766 days | 66% |
| E&P | 8/10 | 794 days | 63% |
| RR | 8/10 | 856 days | 57% |
| Oonagh | 8/10 | 1190 days | 27% |
| Kate | 6/10 | 1221 days | 22% |
| Gary Clarkson | 8/10 | 1524 days | 10% |
| Emma | 8/10 | 1524 days | 10% |
| Beth | 10/10 | 1524 days | 10% |
| Dan | 8/10 | 1616 days | 7% |
| Gemma | 10/10 | 1647 days | 7% |
| Ying | 9/10 | 1647 days | 7% |
| Felipe | 10/10 | 1769 days | 5% |
| Pateke | 10/10 | 1921 days | 5% |
| Sarah and Pete | 8/10 | 1921 days | 5% |
| Blu Ice | 9/10 | 1952 days | 5% |
| Mrs Lounis | 9/10 | 1952 days | 5% |
| Lukas | 8/10 | 1952 days | 5% |
| Fred | 10/10 | 1982 days | 5% |
| Lia | 8/10 | 2043 days | 4% |
| Cass | 8/10 | 2043 days | 4% |
| ScoutnIndi | 8/10 | 2135 days | 4% |
| Klaus | 8/10 | 2196 days | 4% |
| Luci | 9/10 | 2255 days | 4% |
| Francois & Caroline | 8/10 | 2286 days | 4% |
| Heather Abbott | 8/10 | 2286 days | 4% |
| Marilli | 10/10 | 2317 days | 4% |
| Rick | 7/10 | 2317 days | 4% |
| Juraj | 10/10 | 2317 days | 4% |
| Katey | 8/10 | 2317 days | 4% |
| ian kennedy | 8/10 | 2347 days | 4% |
| CJC | 10/10 | 2347 days | 4% |
| Vincent | 8/10 | 2347 days | 4% |
| Libby | 8/10 | 2378 days | 4% |
| Milo Sumner | 5/10 | 2561 days | 3% |
| Matthew Dercole | 8/10 | 2565 days | 3% |
| Veronica Marcano | 9/10 | 2585 days | 3% |
| Chris & Peg | 8/10 | 2592 days | 3% |
| Christian Oerlemans | 6/10 | 2597 days | 3% |
| Edward Cromwell | 7/10 | 2614 days | 3% |
| Gillian Press | 6/10 | 2641 days | 3% |
| Edwin Bos | 8/10 | 2692 days | 3% |
| CARMERS | 6/10 | 2773 days | 3% |
| Wen Xin Tan | 9/10 | 2793 days | 3% |
| Jason | 10/10 | 2820 days | 3% |
| Fifi and Jay | 8/10 | 2870 days | 3% |
| Roger | 9/10 | 2912 days | 3% |
| Grace White | 9/10 | 2913 days | 3% |
| Nienke Best | 8/10 | 2924 days | 3% |
| Julia Kurtz | 8/10 | 2928 days | 3% |
| Jack Clise | 9/10 | 2930 days | 3% |
| Marc Lambert | 9/10 | 2932 days | 3% |
| Van Bagley | 10/10 | 2955 days | 2% |
| Catherine Kay | 9/10 | 3000 days | 3% |
| Ina and Max | 7/10 | 3029 days | 2% |
| S Webb | 10/10 | 3076 days | 2% |
| Shelly Stanchuk | 9/10 | 3076 days | 2% |
| Aidan Byrne | 9/10 | 3125 days | 2% |
| Kim Donze | 8/10 | 3150 days | 2% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 7/10 | 3263 days | 2% |
| Howard Kestrel | 7/10 | 3302 days | 2% |
| Rachel Denham | 8/10 | 3317 days | 2% |
| Ann-Catherine Deblon | 8/10 | 3324 days | 2% |
| Rachel Macdonald | 8/10 | 3379 days | 2% |
| Richard Kirby | 9/10 | 3412 days | 2% |
| Wout van Dijk | 8/10 | 3419 days | 2% |
| Janelle Sterling | 10/10 | 3448 days | 2% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 3504 days | 2% |
| Yvonne Wu | 8/10 | 3626 days | 1% |
| Steffen Paul | 6/10 | 3637 days | 1% |
| Alistair Millward | 7/10 | 3684 days | 1% |
| Larry Dashiell | 9/10 | 3687 days | 1% |
| Kris Marinomunn | 9/10 | 3699 days | 1% |
| Sebastiaan Kemperman | 9/10 | 3702 days | 1% |
| Melvin Spear | 8/10 | 3707 days | 1% |
| Florian Kleemann | 8/10 | 3708 days | 1% |
| Wilma Senior | 9/10 | 3715 days | 1% |
| Robert Warner | 8/10 | 3746 days | 1% |
| Stefanie Vogt | 10/10 | 3747 days | 1% |
| Lisa Quayle | 8/10 | 3765 days | 1% |
| Hol. M. | 8/10 | 3777 days | 1% |
| bzh974 | 9/10 | 3777 days | 1% |
| Jay | 9/10 | 3792 days | 1% |
| Kane F | 8/10 | 3838 days | 1% |
| Claudia | 10/10 | 3868 days | 1% |
| Brita Topp | 10/10 | 4022 days | 1% |
| Philip Schumann | 10/10 | 4049 days | 0% |
| SC W | 8/10 | 4053 days | 0% |
| David Spindler | 7/10 | 4053 days | 0% |
| Laura Metz | 9/10 | 4066 days | 0% |
| Hubertus Thost | 10/10 | 4066 days | 0% |
| G Ballard | 6/10 | 4079 days | 0% |
| Jason MacLeod | 10/10 | 4081 days | 0% |
| Andrew Young | 7/10 | 4081 days | 0% |
| Walter Neff | 8/10 | 4081 days | 0% |
| Julia Kallenbach | 9/10 | 4098 days | 0% |
| Andrew Cattanach | 6/10 | 4112 days | 0% |
| Helene & Peter | 8/10 | 4173 days | 0% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 4204 days | 0% |
| Marina Ryan | 8/10 | 4234 days | 0% |
| Jay Sorrell | 8/10 | 4234 days | 0% |
| Azteca | 6/10 | 4296 days | 0% |
| Maria | 8/10 | 4411 days | 1% |
| Glenn Surzur | 4/10 | 4420 days | 0% |
| Petra Blumberg | 10/10 | 4424 days | 1% |
| Roeland Driessen | 1/10 | 4477 days | 0% |
| Michelle Chambers | 6/10 | 4477 days | 1% |
| Ingrid | 9/10 | 4490 days | 1% |
| Steven Switsers | 8/10 | 4498 days | 1% |
| Tom and Jemima Rawlings | 6/10 | 4499 days | 1% |
| D Pieter | 7/10 | 4506 days | 1% |
| Charliepot | 7/10 | 4508 days | 1% |
| electronmike1970 | 10/10 | 4508 days | 1% |
| MeganG | 8/10 | 4722 days | 1% |
| Jurgen Joyce | 8/10 | 4775 days | 1% |
| M Robinson | 10/10 | 4779 days | 1% |
| suemax | 9/10 | 4783 days | 1% |
| Hans Duerst | 9/10 | 4789 days | 1% |
| Kasten Madsen | 8/10 | 4792 days | 1% |
| Jolene & James | 9/10 | 4793 days | 1% |
| Melanie | 8/10 | 4795 days | 1% |
| Melanie Mathiak | 10/10 | 4795 days | 1% |
| Inge Davbbert | 10/10 | 4795 days | 1% |
| Filsack | 9/10 | 4804 days | 1% |
| Katrin | 10/10 | 4805 days | 1% |
| tiffgeoff | 1/10 | 4812 days | 0% |
| amounstephen | 7/10 | 4812 days | 1% |
| mawueth | 9/10 | 4874 days | 1% |
| Sarah Graham | 8/10 | 4890 days | 1% |
| AJ van Pelt | 10/10 | 5126 days | 1% |
| Jane Cullum | 10/10 | 5130 days | 1% |
| Margit and Corein Groenevelt | 8/10 | 5135 days | 1% |
| Oppenoorth | 9/10 | 5137 days | 1% |
| Bette Eh | 10/10 | 5138 days | 1% |
| Wayne Forrow | 3/10 | 5139 days | 0% |
| K & J Overton | 9/10 | 5143 days | 1% |
| Julia | 9/10 | 5147 days | 1% |
| Simon Vickers | 9/10 | 5148 days | 1% |
| Ini & Cees | 8/10 | 5151 days | 1% |
| Kasten | 10/10 | 5151 days | 1% |
| Grumbach | 10/10 | 5152 days | 1% |
| Eva Bock | 9/10 | 5152 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5154 days | 1% |
| Rachel Gerrand | 8/10 | 5154 days | 1% |
| Van den Borne | 8/10 | 5163 days | 1% |
| Mike and Alice Powner | 5/10 | 5168 days | 1% |
| Niels Van Welsenes | 8/10 | 5177 days | 1% |
| Axel Vetter | 8/10 | 5177 days | 1% |
| paulag | 10/10 | 5453 days | 1% |
| Brigitta Reil | 9/10 | 5498 days | 1% |
| Kim Holtz | 8/10 | 5502 days | 1% |
| Benedict Fluthman | 4/10 | 5504 days | 0% |
| Peter G | 7/10 | 5508 days | 1% |
| Chris Helms | 8/10 | 5508 days | 1% |
| Bert Meuleuorijks | 9/10 | 5510 days | 1% |
| Wielink | 9/10 | 5522 days | 1% |
| Ferth | 8/10 | 5528 days | 1% |
| Susan Hitchins | 9/10 | 5538 days | 1% |
| Dick Rosman | 8/10 | 5538 days | 1% |
| Thomas Stopp | 8/10 | 5542 days | 1% |
| Dale W | 7/10 | 5551 days | 1% |
| Yvonne German | 10/10 | 5559 days | 1% |
| mariak | 8/10 | 5590 days | 1% |
| catdonjaime | 6/10 | 5597 days | 1% |
| Evan | 10/10 | 5665 days | 1% |
| tessac | 5/10 | 5729 days | 1% |
| TillE412 | 10/10 | 5833 days | 1% |
| HermannR | 10/10 | 5836 days | 1% |
| UlaR | 9/10 | 5838 days | 1% |
| HerbertH | 9/10 | 5843 days | 1% |
| ginekek | 9/10 | 5848 days | 1% |
| MarkP | 8/10 | 5848 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 6/10 | 5864 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 Punakaiki Beach Camp experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
Recent Reviews Adjustment
-0.53% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 61 days. However the Punakaiki Beach Camp 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 Punakaiki Beach Camp experience has been adjusted for 29 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 26 | -0.48% |
| 27 | -0.49% |
| 28 | -0.51% |
| 29 | -0.53% |
| 30 | -0.55% |
| 31 | -0.57% |
| 32 | -0.59% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
2.46% 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
85%
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.