Ranking Score Explained

G'day, 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

83.35%

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
Sarah Killury 5/10 2497 days 80%
Rado Hank 10/10 2584 days 100%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2586 days 99%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2588 days 98%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2590 days 100%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2592 days 100%
Phil Baker 9/10 2593 days 99%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2596 days 98%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2603 days 99%
Steve Jackson 8/10 2841 days 84%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 2848 days 84%
Robin 7/10 2849 days 79%
Andy 6/10 2850 days 73%
Philip Grant 7/10 2852 days 79%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 2853 days 79%
Pierre 7/10 2863 days 79%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 2865 days 83%
Auba Mateos 10/10 2870 days 84%
Charlotte 10/10 2870 days 84%
Francesca Scott 9/10 2870 days 83%
Anders Frank 7/10 2872 days 78%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 2874 days 83%
Simon Briens 7/10 2875 days 78%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 2876 days 82%
Chaulet 10/10 2881 days 83%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 2882 days 83%
Riccardo 8/10 2883 days 82%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 2903 days 82%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 2908 days 81%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 2910 days 80%
Laura David 9/10 2911 days 81%
Gretha 9/10 2913 days 81%
Dries 9/10 2913 days 81%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 2913 days 82%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 2913 days 80%
Micha Kuster 9/10 2914 days 81%
Alna 10/10 2919 days 81%
Patricia 10/10 2920 days 81%
Alex 10/10 2920 days 81%
Jennie Holland 10/10 2925 days 81%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 2926 days 79%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 2929 days 79%
Alonso 8/10 2932 days 79%
Sophie 9/10 2933 days 80%
Jannika Cao 6/10 2935 days 69%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 2935 days 69%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 2935 days 79%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 2936 days 80%
John Edwards 10/10 2937 days 80%
Alice Frater 9/10 2937 days 80%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 2938 days 79%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 2947 days 78%
Simeon Manz 10/10 2947 days 80%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 2949 days 78%
Sam Staines 8/10 2951 days 78%
Christine 5/10 2952 days 61%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 2953 days 74%
Megan 8/10 2956 days 78%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 2956 days 78%
Gordon Todan 10/10 2961 days 79%
Niels 9/10 2962 days 78%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 2964 days 79%
Sam Taylor 8/10 2965 days 77%
Dave Ellis 8/10 2965 days 77%
Anne 8/10 2971 days 77%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3077 days 72%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3152 days 67%
Celina 7/10 3152 days 64%
Vanuxem 7/10 3169 days 63%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3171 days 63%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3171 days 66%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3174 days 66%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3175 days 66%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3178 days 62%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3180 days 62%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3183 days 57%
Liam King 8/10 3184 days 65%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3184 days 67%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3185 days 66%
Christian Krause 9/10 3186 days 66%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3186 days 65%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3187 days 66%
Anika D 7/10 3189 days 62%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3189 days 66%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3189 days 65%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3190 days 66%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3192 days 61%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3192 days 65%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3193 days 66%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3193 days 43%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3194 days 65%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3196 days 66%
Hannes 9/10 3197 days 65%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3197 days 65%
Laura Moore 10/10 3198 days 66%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3199 days 61%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3200 days 64%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3201 days 50%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3203 days 61%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3204 days 65%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3205 days 61%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3206 days 56%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3207 days 65%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3209 days 64%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3209 days 64%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3209 days 64%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3211 days 65%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3211 days 64%
Marcus 8/10 3213 days 64%
Jesper 8/10 3213 days 64%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3213 days 65%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3216 days 64%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3216 days 63%
Amit Bass 10/10 3217 days 65%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3217 days 65%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3217 days 42%
Sebastian 10/10 3218 days 65%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3218 days 65%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3218 days 42%
Annika Weber 10/10 3218 days 65%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3218 days 60%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3218 days 64%
Richard May 6/10 3219 days 56%
Max Butteli 6/10 3220 days 56%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3224 days 63%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3225 days 60%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3227 days 64%
Briony 9/10 3228 days 63%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3228 days 63%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3229 days 55%
Gerrit 8/10 3229 days 63%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3229 days 63%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3229 days 64%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3229 days 63%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3229 days 60%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3229 days 55%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3230 days 60%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3231 days 64%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3231 days 64%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3232 days 63%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3233 days 55%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3233 days 64%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3233 days 63%
David Soukal 9/10 3234 days 63%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3235 days 62%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3236 days 59%
Isabelle 10/10 3237 days 64%
M J 9/10 3238 days 63%
Susi 9/10 3239 days 63%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3240 days 59%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3242 days 62%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3243 days 41%
Alice Melker 7/10 3243 days 59%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3243 days 62%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3246 days 63%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3248 days 59%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3249 days 59%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3249 days 62%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3249 days 62%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3251 days 62%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3252 days 58%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3253 days 58%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3253 days 63%
Josephine 8/10 3254 days 61%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3254 days 62%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3254 days 58%
Nico 6/10 3255 days 54%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3271 days 60%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3272 days 57%
Marc 7/10 3273 days 57%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3273 days 61%
Malina 8/10 3275 days 60%
Julia Martin 6/10 3275 days 53%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3276 days 61%
Elodie 8/10 3278 days 60%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3280 days 61%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3286 days 60%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3286 days 60%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3291 days 56%
Selma Krap 9/10 3292 days 60%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3298 days 56%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3320 days 59%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3334 days 38%
Luis . 7/10 3381 days 52%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3552 days 46%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3552 days 46%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3552 days 46%
Mak Walther 8/10 3554 days 45%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3554 days 45%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3598 days 43%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3599 days 43%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3613 days 40%
Marie Sander 8/10 3613 days 42%
Felix Holm 7/10 3636 days 38%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 3646 days 40%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 3656 days 39%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 3709 days 37%
Ron Clarke 10/10 3716 days 37%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 3892 days 27%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 3892 days 23%
Lagarde 7/10 3897 days 25%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 3898 days 26%
Lola 8/10 3898 days 26%
Alisa 9/10 3898 days 26%
Laura 8/10 3898 days 26%
Camille Bellay 5/10 3901 days 20%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 3901 days 23%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 3905 days 23%
Christina Perez 6/10 3905 days 23%
Alex 10/10 3908 days 26%
Becky 9/10 3908 days 26%
Christoph Betten 9/10 3908 days 26%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 3908 days 26%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 3909 days 26%
Laura 9/10 3913 days 26%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 3913 days 26%
Bea Westkam 9/10 3914 days 26%
Julia Moellers 10/10 3914 days 26%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 3915 days 25%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 3916 days 26%
Laura 10/10 3924 days 25%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 3925 days 25%
Laina Black 9/10 3929 days 25%
Ricky White 7/10 3929 days 23%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 3930 days 25%
Hadler 8/10 3931 days 24%
Felicitas 7/10 3931 days 23%
Steffen 10/10 3933 days 25%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 3933 days 24%
Nina Helmling 10/10 3933 days 25%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 3934 days 23%
Amanda 10/10 3940 days 24%
Derek 8/10 3940 days 24%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 3941 days 24%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 3941 days 23%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 3944 days 22%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 3944 days 22%
Marvin Koever 8/10 3944 days 24%
Max Meternich 8/10 3944 days 24%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 3948 days 22%
Dana 10/10 3948 days 24%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 3948 days 24%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 3953 days 23%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 3954 days 23%
Elena Goschia 7/10 3956 days 22%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 3956 days 23%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 3956 days 22%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 3956 days 23%
Johannes 8/10 3957 days 23%
Florian Littmann 9/10 3960 days 23%
Anna 8/10 3960 days 23%
Dan Lawson 7/10 3970 days 21%
Philipp 9/10 3970 days 22%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 3970 days 22%
Benedict Seite 7/10 3972 days 21%
Valerio Penita 6/10 3972 days 19%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 3974 days 22%
Roland Beer 8/10 3977 days 22%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 3977 days 22%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 3978 days 22%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 3979 days 17%
Marco Newald 5/10 3979 days 17%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 3982 days 22%
B D 10/10 3989 days 22%
Elin Andersson 8/10 3989 days 21%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 3989 days 22%
Romina Bolz 7/10 3994 days 20%
Jeremy 9/10 4020 days 20%
Brian 9/10 4081 days 16%
Memain 9/10 4261 days 6%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4262 days 6%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4262 days 6%
Konza 9/10 4262 days 6%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4262 days 5%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4282 days 5%
Francois 3/10 4295 days 2%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4298 days 2%
Tina 6/10 4301 days 4%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4306 days 4%
Collacott 9/10 4309 days 4%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4317 days 3%
Lis Bon 7/10 4323 days 3%
Craig Jones 9/10 4354 days 1%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4354 days 1%
Jurgen 7/10 4371 days 0%
Brigitte 8/10 4373 days 0%
Kohler 9/10 4374 days 0%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4374 days 0%
Roux 10/10 4375 days 0%
Reijenga 6/10 4376 days 0%
tanyap 9/10 4385 days 28%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4385 days 28%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4385 days 28%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4389 days 15%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4395 days 28%
Martina Posch 10/10 4399 days 28%
Oliver German 9/10 4632 days 28%
Jill Homewood 10/10 4653 days 28%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 4663 days 22%
Christian & Julia 10/10 4670 days 28%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 4671 days 28%
Thomas 10/10 4671 days 28%
Verne Heath 10/10 4674 days 28%
Stefan 8/10 4674 days 28%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 4677 days 26%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 4681 days 28%
Anika 9/10 4688 days 28%
Asha 10/10 4720 days 28%
Tobias Forst 9/10 4752 days 28%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 4767 days 28%
Christina 9/10 4768 days 28%
JadesWorld 6/10 4781 days 24%
Patricia French 9/10 4985 days 28%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5006 days 28%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5012 days 26%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5016 days 26%
Monica 9/10 5022 days 28%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5026 days 28%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5027 days 28%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5028 days 28%
Claudio 3/10 5032 days 15%
Faucon 5/10 5041 days 22%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5042 days 18%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5042 days 28%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5045 days 28%
Sprangers 7/10 5047 days 26%
qofd 9/10 5177 days 28%
ahtom82 2/10 5269 days 13%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5346 days 28%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5417 days 28%
Jansen 9/10 5485 days 28%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5488 days 28%
Elodie 8/10 5492 days 28%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5493 days 28%
neilchelt 7/10 5511 days 26%
suet 8/10 5725 days 28%
monikav 10/10 5725 days 28%
Nick 10/10 5756 days 28%
Rafael 9/10 5762 days 28%
Nanno 8/10 5776 days 28%
Florian 8/10 5783 days 28%
Thamar 7/10 5790 days 26%
Anna 7/10 5793 days 26%
Burkhalter 10/10 5797 days 28%
Lucas 10/10 5798 days 28%
Mark 8/10 5857 days 28%
Zoe Summers 9/10 5937 days 28%
Toby 5/10 6097 days 22%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6115 days 28%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6117 days 28%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6171 days 28%
Gail 8/10 6171 days 28%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6194 days 26%
Anita 5/10 6194 days 22%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6327 days 28%
Millie 8/10 6435 days 28%
Stephanie 9/10 6436 days 28%
Kristine 6/10 6437 days 24%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6453 days 28%
Denise Nick 9/10 6464 days 28%
Austin 10/10 6469 days 28%
Claire 7/10 6469 days 26%
Detlef 8/10 6469 days 28%
Lukas 10/10 6501 days 28%

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

-4.07% 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 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

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

Balancing Adjustment

3.20% 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.