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

365 Valid Reviews

The Rings Scenic Tours experience has a total of 365 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 365 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 84
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%

81.62% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rings Scenic Tours valid reviews is 81.62% and is based on 365 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 365 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

86.35%

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
Philip Kohli 10/10 73 days 100%
Sarah Killury 5/10 2872 days 2%
Rado Hank 10/10 2959 days 3%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2961 days 3%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2963 days 3%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2965 days 3%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2967 days 3%
Phil Baker 9/10 2968 days 3%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2971 days 3%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2978 days 3%
Steve Jackson 8/10 3216 days 2%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 3223 days 2%
Robin 7/10 3224 days 2%
Andy 6/10 3225 days 2%
Philip Grant 7/10 3227 days 2%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 3228 days 2%
Pierre 7/10 3238 days 2%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 3240 days 2%
Auba Mateos 10/10 3245 days 2%
Charlotte 10/10 3245 days 2%
Francesca Scott 9/10 3245 days 2%
Anders Frank 7/10 3247 days 2%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 3249 days 2%
Simon Briens 7/10 3250 days 2%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 3251 days 2%
Chaulet 10/10 3256 days 2%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 3257 days 2%
Riccardo 8/10 3258 days 2%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 3278 days 2%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 3283 days 2%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 3285 days 2%
Laura David 9/10 3286 days 2%
Gretha 9/10 3288 days 2%
Dries 9/10 3288 days 2%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3288 days 2%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3288 days 2%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3289 days 2%
Alna 10/10 3294 days 2%
Patricia 10/10 3295 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3295 days 2%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3300 days 2%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3301 days 2%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3304 days 2%
Alonso 8/10 3307 days 2%
Sophie 9/10 3308 days 2%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3310 days 2%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3310 days 2%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3310 days 2%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3311 days 2%
John Edwards 10/10 3312 days 2%
Alice Frater 9/10 3312 days 2%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3313 days 2%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3322 days 2%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3322 days 2%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3324 days 2%
Sam Staines 8/10 3326 days 2%
Christine 5/10 3327 days 2%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3328 days 2%
Megan 8/10 3331 days 2%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3331 days 2%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3336 days 2%
Niels 9/10 3337 days 2%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3339 days 2%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3340 days 2%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3340 days 2%
Anne 8/10 3346 days 2%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3452 days 2%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3527 days 2%
Celina 7/10 3527 days 2%
Vanuxem 7/10 3544 days 2%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3546 days 2%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3546 days 2%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3549 days 2%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3550 days 2%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3553 days 1%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3555 days 1%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3558 days 1%
Liam King 8/10 3559 days 2%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3559 days 2%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3560 days 2%
Christian Krause 9/10 3561 days 2%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3561 days 2%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3562 days 2%
Anika D 7/10 3564 days 1%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3564 days 2%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3564 days 2%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3565 days 2%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3567 days 1%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3567 days 2%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3568 days 2%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3568 days 1%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3569 days 2%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3571 days 2%
Hannes 9/10 3572 days 2%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3572 days 2%
Laura Moore 10/10 3573 days 2%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3574 days 1%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3575 days 2%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3576 days 1%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3578 days 1%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3579 days 2%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3580 days 1%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3581 days 1%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3582 days 2%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3584 days 2%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3584 days 2%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3584 days 2%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3586 days 2%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3586 days 2%
Marcus 8/10 3588 days 2%
Jesper 8/10 3588 days 2%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3588 days 2%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3591 days 2%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3591 days 1%
Amit Bass 10/10 3592 days 2%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3592 days 2%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3592 days 1%
Sebastian 10/10 3593 days 2%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3593 days 2%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3593 days 1%
Annika Weber 10/10 3593 days 2%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3593 days 1%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3593 days 2%
Richard May 6/10 3594 days 1%
Max Butteli 6/10 3595 days 1%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3599 days 1%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3600 days 1%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3602 days 2%
Briony 9/10 3603 days 1%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3603 days 1%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3604 days 1%
Gerrit 8/10 3604 days 1%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3604 days 1%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3604 days 2%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3604 days 1%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3604 days 1%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3604 days 1%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3605 days 1%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3606 days 1%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3606 days 1%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3607 days 1%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3608 days 1%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3608 days 1%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3608 days 1%
David Soukal 9/10 3609 days 1%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3610 days 1%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3611 days 1%
Isabelle 10/10 3612 days 1%
M J 9/10 3613 days 1%
Susi 9/10 3614 days 1%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3615 days 1%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3617 days 1%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3618 days 1%
Alice Melker 7/10 3618 days 1%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3618 days 1%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3621 days 1%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3623 days 1%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3624 days 1%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3624 days 1%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3624 days 1%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3626 days 1%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3627 days 1%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3628 days 1%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3628 days 1%
Josephine 8/10 3629 days 1%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3629 days 1%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3629 days 1%
Nico 6/10 3630 days 1%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3646 days 1%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3647 days 1%
Marc 7/10 3648 days 1%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3648 days 1%
Malina 8/10 3650 days 1%
Julia Martin 6/10 3650 days 1%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3651 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 3653 days 1%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3655 days 1%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3661 days 1%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3661 days 1%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3666 days 1%
Selma Krap 9/10 3667 days 1%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3673 days 1%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3695 days 1%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3709 days 1%
Luis . 7/10 3756 days 1%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3927 days 1%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3927 days 1%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3927 days 1%
Mak Walther 8/10 3929 days 1%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3929 days 1%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3973 days 1%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3974 days 1%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3988 days 1%
Marie Sander 8/10 3988 days 1%
Felix Holm 7/10 4011 days 1%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4021 days 1%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 4031 days 1%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 4084 days 1%
Ron Clarke 10/10 4091 days 1%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 4267 days 0%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 4267 days 0%
Lagarde 7/10 4272 days 0%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4273 days 0%
Lola 8/10 4273 days 0%
Alisa 9/10 4273 days 0%
Laura 8/10 4273 days 0%
Camille Bellay 5/10 4276 days 0%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 4276 days 0%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 4280 days 0%
Christina Perez 6/10 4280 days 0%
Alex 10/10 4283 days 0%
Becky 9/10 4283 days 0%
Christoph Betten 9/10 4283 days 0%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 4283 days 0%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4284 days 0%
Laura 9/10 4288 days 0%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4288 days 0%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4289 days 0%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4289 days 0%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4290 days 0%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4291 days 0%
Laura 10/10 4299 days 0%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4300 days 0%
Laina Black 9/10 4304 days 0%
Ricky White 7/10 4304 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4305 days 0%
Hadler 8/10 4306 days 0%
Felicitas 7/10 4306 days 0%
Steffen 10/10 4308 days 0%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4308 days 0%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4308 days 0%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4309 days 0%
Amanda 10/10 4315 days 0%
Derek 8/10 4315 days 0%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4316 days 0%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4316 days 0%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4319 days 0%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4319 days 0%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4319 days 0%
Max Meternich 8/10 4319 days 0%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4323 days 0%
Dana 10/10 4323 days 0%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4323 days 0%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4328 days 0%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4329 days 0%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4331 days 0%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4331 days 0%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4331 days 0%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4331 days 0%
Johannes 8/10 4332 days 0%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4335 days 0%
Anna 8/10 4335 days 0%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4345 days 0%
Philipp 9/10 4345 days 0%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4345 days 0%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4347 days 0%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4347 days 0%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4349 days 0%
Roland Beer 8/10 4352 days 0%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4352 days 0%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4353 days 0%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4354 days 0%
Marco Newald 5/10 4354 days 0%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4357 days 0%
B D 10/10 4364 days 0%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4364 days 0%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4364 days 0%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4369 days 0%
Jeremy 9/10 4395 days 1%
Brian 9/10 4456 days 1%
Memain 9/10 4636 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4637 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4637 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4637 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4637 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4657 days 1%
Francois 3/10 4670 days 1%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4673 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4676 days 1%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4681 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4684 days 1%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4692 days 1%
Lis Bon 7/10 4698 days 1%
Craig Jones 9/10 4729 days 1%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4729 days 1%
Jurgen 7/10 4746 days 1%
Brigitte 8/10 4748 days 1%
Kohler 9/10 4749 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4749 days 1%
Roux 10/10 4750 days 1%
Reijenga 6/10 4751 days 1%
tanyap 9/10 4760 days 1%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4760 days 1%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4760 days 1%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4764 days 1%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4770 days 1%
Martina Posch 10/10 4774 days 1%
Oliver German 9/10 5007 days 1%
Jill Homewood 10/10 5028 days 1%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 5038 days 1%
Christian & Julia 10/10 5045 days 1%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 5046 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5046 days 1%
Verne Heath 10/10 5049 days 1%
Stefan 8/10 5049 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 5052 days 1%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 5056 days 1%
Anika 9/10 5063 days 1%
Asha 10/10 5095 days 1%
Tobias Forst 9/10 5127 days 1%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5142 days 1%
Christina 9/10 5143 days 1%
JadesWorld 6/10 5156 days 1%
Patricia French 9/10 5360 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5381 days 1%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5387 days 1%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5391 days 1%
Monica 9/10 5397 days 1%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5401 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5402 days 1%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5403 days 1%
Claudio 3/10 5407 days 1%
Faucon 5/10 5416 days 1%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5417 days 1%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5417 days 1%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5420 days 1%
Sprangers 7/10 5422 days 1%
qofd 9/10 5552 days 1%
ahtom82 2/10 5644 days 0%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5721 days 1%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5792 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 5860 days 1%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5863 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 5867 days 1%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5868 days 1%
neilchelt 7/10 5886 days 1%
suet 8/10 6100 days 1%
monikav 10/10 6100 days 1%
Nick 10/10 6131 days 1%
Rafael 9/10 6137 days 1%
Nanno 8/10 6151 days 1%
Florian 8/10 6158 days 1%
Thamar 7/10 6165 days 1%
Anna 7/10 6168 days 1%
Burkhalter 10/10 6172 days 1%
Lucas 10/10 6173 days 1%
Mark 8/10 6232 days 1%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6312 days 1%
Toby 5/10 6472 days 1%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6490 days 1%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6492 days 1%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6546 days 1%
Gail 8/10 6546 days 1%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6569 days 1%
Anita 5/10 6569 days 1%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6702 days 1%
Millie 8/10 6810 days 1%
Stephanie 9/10 6811 days 1%
Kristine 6/10 6812 days 1%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6828 days 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 6839 days 1%
Austin 10/10 6844 days 1%
Claire 7/10 6844 days 1%
Detlef 8/10 6844 days 1%
Lukas 10/10 6876 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 Rings Scenic Tours experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.89% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 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 44 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
41 -0.83%
42 -0.85%
43 -0.87%
44 -0.89%
45 -0.91%
46 -0.93%
47 -0.95%

Balancing Adjustment

1.74% 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

87%

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.