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 Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping.

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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Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping

Valid Reviews

96 Valid Reviews

The Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping experience has a total of 101 reviews. There are 96 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 5 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 96 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 56
58%
9/10 24
25%
8/10 13
14%
7/10 1
1%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

93.65% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping valid reviews is 93.65% and is based on 96 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

4 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 96 valid reviews, the experience has 4 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 4 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 2
50%
9/10 0
0%
8/10 2
50%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping face-to-face reviews is 90.00% and is based on 4 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

95.79%

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
Ailsa McIntosh 9/10 102 days 100%
Lisa 10/10 286 days 97%
Ti 9/10 316 days 95%
Felicia 9/10 316 days 95%
Marijke 10/10 437 days 91%
Bea 10/10 467 days 89%
Cam an 10/10 467 days 89%
Pat 10/10 712 days 72%
Sabine 10/10 772 days 67%
Rachel 6/10 772 days 58%
Tine Warner 10/10 803 days 64%
Ashley + Mike 10/10 803 days 64%
Fabian Ullrich 10/10 833 days 61%
Rian Caccianiga 10/10 833 days 61%
K Robertson 10/10 864 days 58%
Marie Perret 10/10 864 days 58%
Katie 10/10 1047 days 40%
James Kidston 10/10 1078 days 37%
Szilveszter 10/10 1078 days 37%
Claire Jones 10/10 1078 days 37%
Charlie 10/10 1078 days 37%
Manuel Mayer 10/10 1106 days 35%
Wayne 10/10 1106 days 35%
Arie 9/10 1106 days 35%
Kirsty 8/10 1137 days 32%
Jesper 10/10 1137 days 32%
Laura Jarry 10/10 1229 days 26%
cearon 9/10 1382 days 16%
MB 7/10 1686 days 6%
Patrícia 9/10 1777 days 5%
Ashleigh 10/10 1808 days 5%
Thomas 10/10 1867 days 5%
Finlay 10/10 1959 days 5%
Stefan Hohmann 8/10 2173 days 4%
Liz Wade 8/10 2201 days 4%
Kim 8/10 2202 days 4%
James Murphy 10/10 2233 days 4%
Dil 10/10 2233 days 4%
harre medemblik 8/10 2294 days 4%
Dennis Rijbroek 10/10 2355 days 4%
Mik Jennings 9/10 2355 days 4%
Anselm 9/10 2386 days 4%
Adrian and Tanya 10/10 2417 days 4%
Kate 9/10 2478 days 4%
Tash & Laura 9/10 2567 days 3%
Fabienne&Dustin 10/10 2567 days 4%
Alis 10/10 2567 days 4%
Emma 10/10 2567 days 4%
Nik 9/10 2567 days 3%
seph 9/10 2598 days 3%
Jan Z. 10/10 2598 days 3%
Gerrit 10/10 2598 days 3%
M Elsten 10/10 2598 days 3%
Jason 10/10 2629 days 3%
Agathe 10/10 2659 days 3%
Ali 9/10 2690 days 3%
Xiaoming Guo 10/10 2690 days 3%
Grizzly Girl 10/10 2690 days 3%
Gio 10/10 2751 days 3%
Stefano Clerici 10/10 2782 days 3%
C J B 10/10 2812 days 3%
L + J 10/10 2843 days 3%
Florian 10/10 2873 days 3%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 10/10 2887 days 2%
M A Pelton 9/10 2929 days 3%
UK 50-something couple 8/10 2932 days 3%
Alyson Reid 9/10 2946 days 3%
Ewan Evans 9/10 2996 days 3%
Lucy Watson 10/10 3023 days 3%
Mairead Bushe 10/10 3028 days 3%
Artemis 9/10 3241 days 2%
Naira Prudencio 10/10 3267 days 2%
Mailhos Cécile 10/10 3272 days 2%
Caryn Grosvenor 10/10 3291 days 2%
Catherine Kay 8/10 3312 days 2%
Svetlana L 10/10 3322 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 9/10 3327 days 2%
Neil Warnock 10/10 3358 days 2%
Shelly Stanchuk 9/10 3388 days 2%
Becky and James 10/10 3422 days 2%
Mikael Torres 9/10 3482 days 2%
Pamela Hoffman 8/10 3575 days 1%
Daniel Fuell 10/10 3582 days 2%
John-Jozef Proczka 9/10 3663 days 1%
Loic Journet 8/10 3670 days 1%
Janneke Hekhuis 8/10 3674 days 1%
Max Brunner 9/10 3717 days 1%
Ruth P 8/10 3725 days 1%
Nurul Nadia Naziron 9/10 3790 days 1%
Lotte Spors 10/10 3878 days 1%
Chiara Magelli 10/10 3891 days 1%
Philip Mattes 9/10 3963 days 1%
Claude Nobs 6/10 4059 days 0%
Simon Mehlmann 10/10 4342 days 0%
Camille Gagnant 8/10 4414 days 1%
Amanda Neall 8/10 5453 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 Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-1.66% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 51 days. However the Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping 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 Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping experience has been adjusted for 80 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
77 -1.60%
78 -1.62%
79 -1.64%
80 -1.66%
81 -1.68%
82 -1.70%
83 -1.72%

Balancing Adjustment

0.52% 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

95%

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.