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

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 2482 days 80%
Rado Hank 10/10 2570 days 100%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2572 days 99%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2574 days 98%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2576 days 100%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2578 days 100%
Phil Baker 9/10 2579 days 99%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2582 days 98%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2589 days 99%
Steve Jackson 8/10 2827 days 84%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 2834 days 85%
Robin 7/10 2835 days 79%
Andy 6/10 2836 days 73%
Philip Grant 7/10 2838 days 79%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 2839 days 79%
Pierre 7/10 2849 days 79%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 2851 days 83%
Auba Mateos 10/10 2856 days 84%
Charlotte 10/10 2856 days 84%
Francesca Scott 9/10 2856 days 83%
Anders Frank 7/10 2858 days 78%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 2860 days 83%
Simon Briens 7/10 2861 days 78%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 2862 days 82%
Chaulet 10/10 2867 days 84%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 2868 days 83%
Riccardo 8/10 2869 days 82%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 2889 days 82%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 2894 days 81%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 2896 days 80%
Laura David 9/10 2897 days 81%
Gretha 9/10 2899 days 81%
Dries 9/10 2899 days 81%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 2899 days 82%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 2899 days 80%
Micha Kuster 9/10 2900 days 81%
Alna 10/10 2905 days 81%
Patricia 10/10 2906 days 81%
Alex 10/10 2906 days 81%
Jennie Holland 10/10 2911 days 81%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 2912 days 79%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 2915 days 79%
Alonso 8/10 2918 days 79%
Sophie 9/10 2919 days 80%
Jannika Cao 6/10 2921 days 69%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 2921 days 69%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 2921 days 79%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 2922 days 81%
John Edwards 10/10 2923 days 80%
Alice Frater 9/10 2923 days 80%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 2924 days 79%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 2933 days 78%
Simeon Manz 10/10 2933 days 80%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 2935 days 78%
Sam Staines 8/10 2937 days 78%
Christine 5/10 2938 days 61%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 2939 days 74%
Megan 8/10 2942 days 78%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 2942 days 78%
Gordon Todan 10/10 2947 days 79%
Niels 9/10 2948 days 78%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 2950 days 79%
Sam Taylor 8/10 2951 days 77%
Dave Ellis 8/10 2951 days 77%
Anne 8/10 2957 days 77%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3062 days 72%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3138 days 67%
Celina 7/10 3138 days 64%
Vanuxem 7/10 3155 days 63%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3157 days 63%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3157 days 66%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3160 days 67%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3161 days 67%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3164 days 62%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3166 days 62%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3169 days 58%
Liam King 8/10 3170 days 65%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3170 days 67%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3171 days 67%
Christian Krause 9/10 3172 days 66%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3172 days 65%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3173 days 66%
Anika D 7/10 3175 days 62%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3175 days 67%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3175 days 65%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3176 days 66%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3178 days 62%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3178 days 65%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3179 days 66%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3179 days 43%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3180 days 66%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3182 days 66%
Hannes 9/10 3183 days 65%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3183 days 65%
Laura Moore 10/10 3184 days 66%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3185 days 61%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3186 days 65%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3187 days 50%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3189 days 61%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3190 days 66%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3191 days 61%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3192 days 56%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3193 days 65%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3195 days 64%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3195 days 64%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3195 days 64%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3197 days 65%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3197 days 65%
Marcus 8/10 3199 days 64%
Jesper 8/10 3199 days 64%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3199 days 65%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3202 days 64%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3202 days 64%
Amit Bass 10/10 3203 days 65%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3203 days 65%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3203 days 42%
Sebastian 10/10 3204 days 65%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3204 days 65%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3204 days 42%
Annika Weber 10/10 3204 days 65%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3204 days 60%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3204 days 64%
Richard May 6/10 3205 days 56%
Max Butteli 6/10 3206 days 56%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3210 days 63%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3211 days 60%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3213 days 64%
Briony 9/10 3214 days 64%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3214 days 64%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3215 days 55%
Gerrit 8/10 3215 days 63%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3215 days 63%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3215 days 64%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3215 days 64%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3215 days 60%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3215 days 55%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3216 days 60%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3217 days 64%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3217 days 64%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3218 days 63%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3219 days 55%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3219 days 64%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3219 days 63%
David Soukal 9/10 3220 days 63%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3221 days 63%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3222 days 59%
Isabelle 10/10 3223 days 64%
M J 9/10 3224 days 63%
Susi 9/10 3225 days 63%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3226 days 59%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3228 days 62%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3229 days 41%
Alice Melker 7/10 3229 days 59%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3229 days 62%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3232 days 63%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3234 days 59%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3235 days 59%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3235 days 62%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3235 days 62%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3237 days 62%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3238 days 59%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3239 days 59%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3239 days 63%
Josephine 8/10 3240 days 62%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3240 days 62%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3240 days 59%
Nico 6/10 3241 days 54%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3257 days 61%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3258 days 58%
Marc 7/10 3259 days 58%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3259 days 61%
Malina 8/10 3261 days 61%
Julia Martin 6/10 3261 days 53%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3262 days 62%
Elodie 8/10 3264 days 60%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3266 days 61%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3272 days 60%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3272 days 60%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3277 days 57%
Selma Krap 9/10 3278 days 60%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3284 days 56%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3305 days 59%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3320 days 38%
Luis . 7/10 3366 days 52%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3538 days 46%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3538 days 46%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3538 days 46%
Mak Walther 8/10 3540 days 45%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3540 days 46%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3584 days 43%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3585 days 44%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3599 days 40%
Marie Sander 8/10 3599 days 42%
Felix Holm 7/10 3622 days 39%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 3632 days 40%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 3642 days 40%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 3695 days 38%
Ron Clarke 10/10 3701 days 37%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 3878 days 27%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 3878 days 24%
Lagarde 7/10 3883 days 25%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 3884 days 27%
Lola 8/10 3884 days 27%
Alisa 9/10 3884 days 27%
Laura 8/10 3884 days 27%
Camille Bellay 5/10 3887 days 21%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 3887 days 23%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 3891 days 23%
Christina Perez 6/10 3891 days 23%
Alex 10/10 3894 days 27%
Becky 9/10 3894 days 26%
Christoph Betten 9/10 3894 days 26%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 3894 days 26%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 3895 days 27%
Laura 9/10 3899 days 26%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 3899 days 26%
Bea Westkam 9/10 3900 days 26%
Julia Moellers 10/10 3900 days 26%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 3901 days 26%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 3902 days 26%
Laura 10/10 3910 days 26%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 3911 days 26%
Laina Black 9/10 3915 days 25%
Ricky White 7/10 3915 days 24%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 3916 days 26%
Hadler 8/10 3917 days 25%
Felicitas 7/10 3917 days 24%
Steffen 10/10 3919 days 25%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 3919 days 25%
Nina Helmling 10/10 3919 days 25%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 3920 days 24%
Amanda 10/10 3926 days 25%
Derek 8/10 3926 days 24%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 3927 days 25%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 3927 days 23%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 3930 days 23%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 3930 days 23%
Marvin Koever 8/10 3930 days 24%
Max Meternich 8/10 3930 days 24%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 3934 days 23%
Dana 10/10 3934 days 25%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 3934 days 24%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 3939 days 24%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 3940 days 24%
Elena Goschia 7/10 3942 days 22%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 3942 days 24%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 3942 days 22%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 3942 days 24%
Johannes 8/10 3943 days 24%
Florian Littmann 9/10 3946 days 24%
Anna 8/10 3946 days 23%
Dan Lawson 7/10 3956 days 22%
Philipp 9/10 3956 days 23%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 3956 days 23%
Benedict Seite 7/10 3958 days 22%
Valerio Penita 6/10 3958 days 20%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 3960 days 23%
Roland Beer 8/10 3963 days 22%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 3963 days 23%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 3964 days 23%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 3965 days 17%
Marco Newald 5/10 3965 days 17%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 3968 days 23%
B D 10/10 3975 days 22%
Elin Andersson 8/10 3975 days 22%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 3975 days 22%
Romina Bolz 7/10 3980 days 20%
Jeremy 9/10 4006 days 20%
Brian 9/10 4067 days 17%
Memain 9/10 4247 days 7%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4248 days 7%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4248 days 7%
Konza 9/10 4248 days 7%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4248 days 6%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4268 days 6%
Francois 3/10 4281 days 3%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4284 days 2%
Tina 6/10 4287 days 4%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4292 days 5%
Collacott 9/10 4295 days 5%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4303 days 4%
Lis Bon 7/10 4309 days 4%
Craig Jones 9/10 4340 days 2%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4340 days 1%
Jurgen 7/10 4357 days 1%
Brigitte 8/10 4359 days 1%
Kohler 9/10 4360 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4360 days 1%
Roux 10/10 4361 days 1%
Reijenga 6/10 4362 days 1%
tanyap 9/10 4371 days 0%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4371 days 0%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4371 days 0%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4375 days 0%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4381 days 28%
Martina Posch 10/10 4385 days 28%
Oliver German 9/10 4618 days 28%
Jill Homewood 10/10 4639 days 28%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 4649 days 21%
Christian & Julia 10/10 4656 days 28%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 4657 days 28%
Thomas 10/10 4657 days 28%
Verne Heath 10/10 4660 days 28%
Stefan 8/10 4660 days 28%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 4663 days 26%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 4667 days 28%
Anika 9/10 4674 days 28%
Asha 10/10 4706 days 28%
Tobias Forst 9/10 4738 days 28%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 4753 days 28%
Christina 9/10 4754 days 28%
JadesWorld 6/10 4767 days 24%
Patricia French 9/10 4971 days 28%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 4992 days 28%
Guult Ryan 7/10 4998 days 26%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5002 days 26%
Monica 9/10 5008 days 28%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5012 days 28%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5013 days 28%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5014 days 28%
Claudio 3/10 5018 days 15%
Faucon 5/10 5027 days 21%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5028 days 18%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5028 days 28%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5031 days 28%
Sprangers 7/10 5033 days 26%
qofd 9/10 5163 days 28%
ahtom82 2/10 5255 days 13%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5332 days 28%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5403 days 28%
Jansen 9/10 5471 days 28%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5474 days 28%
Elodie 8/10 5478 days 28%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5479 days 28%
neilchelt 7/10 5497 days 26%
suet 8/10 5711 days 28%
monikav 10/10 5711 days 28%
Nick 10/10 5741 days 28%
Rafael 9/10 5747 days 28%
Nanno 8/10 5761 days 28%
Florian 8/10 5768 days 28%
Thamar 7/10 5775 days 26%
Anna 7/10 5778 days 26%
Burkhalter 10/10 5782 days 28%
Lucas 10/10 5783 days 28%
Mark 8/10 5842 days 28%
Zoe Summers 9/10 5923 days 28%
Toby 5/10 6083 days 21%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6101 days 28%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6103 days 28%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6157 days 28%
Gail 8/10 6157 days 28%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6180 days 26%
Anita 5/10 6180 days 21%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6313 days 28%
Millie 8/10 6421 days 28%
Stephanie 9/10 6422 days 28%
Kristine 6/10 6423 days 24%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6439 days 28%
Denise Nick 9/10 6450 days 28%
Austin 10/10 6455 days 28%
Claire 7/10 6455 days 26%
Detlef 8/10 6455 days 28%
Lukas 10/10 6487 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

-4.04% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 44 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 -3.98%
198 -4.00%
199 -4.02%
200 -4.04%
201 -4.06%
202 -4.08%
203 -4.10%

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

83%

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.