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 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

83.30%

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 2568 days 80%
Rado Hank 10/10 2656 days 100%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2658 days 99%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2660 days 98%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2662 days 100%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2664 days 100%
Phil Baker 9/10 2665 days 98%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2668 days 98%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2675 days 99%
Steve Jackson 8/10 2913 days 83%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 2920 days 84%
Robin 7/10 2921 days 79%
Andy 6/10 2922 days 73%
Philip Grant 7/10 2924 days 79%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 2925 days 79%
Pierre 7/10 2935 days 78%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 2937 days 82%
Auba Mateos 10/10 2942 days 83%
Charlotte 10/10 2942 days 83%
Francesca Scott 9/10 2942 days 83%
Anders Frank 7/10 2944 days 77%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 2946 days 82%
Simon Briens 7/10 2947 days 77%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 2948 days 81%
Chaulet 10/10 2953 days 83%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 2954 days 82%
Riccardo 8/10 2955 days 81%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 2975 days 81%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 2980 days 80%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 2982 days 79%
Laura David 9/10 2983 days 80%
Gretha 9/10 2985 days 80%
Dries 9/10 2985 days 80%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 2985 days 81%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 2985 days 79%
Micha Kuster 9/10 2986 days 80%
Alna 10/10 2991 days 81%
Patricia 10/10 2992 days 80%
Alex 10/10 2992 days 80%
Jennie Holland 10/10 2997 days 80%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 2998 days 79%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3001 days 78%
Alonso 8/10 3004 days 78%
Sophie 9/10 3005 days 79%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3007 days 69%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3007 days 69%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3007 days 78%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3008 days 80%
John Edwards 10/10 3009 days 80%
Alice Frater 9/10 3009 days 79%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3010 days 78%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3019 days 77%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3019 days 79%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3021 days 77%
Sam Staines 8/10 3023 days 77%
Christine 5/10 3024 days 60%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3025 days 73%
Megan 8/10 3028 days 77%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3028 days 77%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3033 days 78%
Niels 9/10 3034 days 77%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3036 days 78%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3037 days 76%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3037 days 76%
Anne 8/10 3043 days 76%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3148 days 71%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3224 days 66%
Celina 7/10 3224 days 62%
Vanuxem 7/10 3241 days 61%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3243 days 61%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3243 days 65%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3246 days 65%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3247 days 65%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3250 days 61%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3252 days 61%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3255 days 56%
Liam King 8/10 3256 days 64%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3256 days 65%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3257 days 65%
Christian Krause 9/10 3258 days 64%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3258 days 64%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3259 days 64%
Anika D 7/10 3261 days 60%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3261 days 65%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3261 days 64%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3262 days 65%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3264 days 60%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3264 days 63%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3265 days 65%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3265 days 42%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3266 days 64%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3268 days 64%
Hannes 9/10 3269 days 64%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3269 days 64%
Laura Moore 10/10 3270 days 64%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3271 days 60%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3272 days 63%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3273 days 49%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3275 days 60%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3276 days 64%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3277 days 59%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3278 days 55%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3279 days 63%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3281 days 62%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3281 days 62%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3281 days 62%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3283 days 64%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3283 days 63%
Marcus 8/10 3285 days 62%
Jesper 8/10 3285 days 62%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3285 days 63%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3288 days 63%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3288 days 62%
Amit Bass 10/10 3289 days 63%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3289 days 63%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3289 days 41%
Sebastian 10/10 3290 days 63%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3290 days 63%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3290 days 41%
Annika Weber 10/10 3290 days 63%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3290 days 59%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3290 days 63%
Richard May 6/10 3291 days 54%
Max Butteli 6/10 3292 days 54%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3296 days 62%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3297 days 58%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3299 days 63%
Briony 9/10 3300 days 62%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3300 days 62%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3301 days 54%
Gerrit 8/10 3301 days 61%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3301 days 61%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3301 days 63%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3301 days 62%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3301 days 58%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3301 days 54%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3302 days 58%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3303 days 62%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3303 days 62%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3304 days 61%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3305 days 54%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3305 days 62%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3305 days 61%
David Soukal 9/10 3306 days 62%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3307 days 61%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3308 days 58%
Isabelle 10/10 3309 days 62%
M J 9/10 3310 days 61%
Susi 9/10 3311 days 61%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3312 days 58%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3314 days 61%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3315 days 40%
Alice Melker 7/10 3315 days 57%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3315 days 61%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3318 days 62%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3320 days 57%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3321 days 57%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3321 days 60%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3321 days 60%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3323 days 60%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3324 days 57%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3325 days 57%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3325 days 61%
Josephine 8/10 3326 days 60%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3326 days 60%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3326 days 57%
Nico 6/10 3327 days 53%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3343 days 59%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3344 days 56%
Marc 7/10 3345 days 56%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3345 days 59%
Malina 8/10 3347 days 59%
Julia Martin 6/10 3347 days 52%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3348 days 60%
Elodie 8/10 3350 days 59%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3352 days 60%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3358 days 58%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3358 days 58%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3363 days 55%
Selma Krap 9/10 3364 days 58%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3370 days 54%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3391 days 57%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3406 days 37%
Luis . 7/10 3452 days 50%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3624 days 44%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3624 days 44%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3624 days 44%
Mak Walther 8/10 3626 days 43%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3626 days 43%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3670 days 41%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3671 days 41%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3685 days 37%
Marie Sander 8/10 3685 days 39%
Felix Holm 7/10 3708 days 36%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 3718 days 38%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 3728 days 37%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 3781 days 35%
Ron Clarke 10/10 3787 days 34%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 3964 days 24%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 3964 days 21%
Lagarde 7/10 3969 days 22%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 3970 days 23%
Lola 8/10 3970 days 23%
Alisa 9/10 3970 days 23%
Laura 8/10 3970 days 23%
Camille Bellay 5/10 3973 days 18%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 3973 days 20%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 3977 days 20%
Christina Perez 6/10 3977 days 20%
Alex 10/10 3980 days 23%
Becky 9/10 3980 days 23%
Christoph Betten 9/10 3980 days 23%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 3980 days 23%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 3981 days 23%
Laura 9/10 3985 days 23%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 3985 days 23%
Bea Westkam 9/10 3986 days 23%
Julia Moellers 10/10 3986 days 23%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 3987 days 22%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 3988 days 23%
Laura 10/10 3996 days 22%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 3997 days 22%
Laina Black 9/10 4001 days 22%
Ricky White 7/10 4001 days 20%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4002 days 22%
Hadler 8/10 4003 days 21%
Felicitas 7/10 4003 days 20%
Steffen 10/10 4005 days 22%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4005 days 21%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4005 days 22%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4006 days 20%
Amanda 10/10 4012 days 21%
Derek 8/10 4012 days 21%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4013 days 21%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4013 days 20%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4016 days 20%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4016 days 20%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4016 days 21%
Max Meternich 8/10 4016 days 21%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4020 days 19%
Dana 10/10 4020 days 21%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4020 days 21%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4025 days 20%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4026 days 20%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4028 days 19%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4028 days 20%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4028 days 19%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4028 days 20%
Johannes 8/10 4029 days 20%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4032 days 20%
Anna 8/10 4032 days 20%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4042 days 18%
Philipp 9/10 4042 days 19%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4042 days 19%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4044 days 18%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4044 days 17%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4046 days 19%
Roland Beer 8/10 4049 days 19%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4049 days 19%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4050 days 19%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4051 days 14%
Marco Newald 5/10 4051 days 14%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4054 days 19%
B D 10/10 4061 days 18%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4061 days 18%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4061 days 18%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4066 days 17%
Jeremy 9/10 4092 days 16%
Brian 9/10 4153 days 13%
Memain 9/10 4333 days 3%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4334 days 3%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4334 days 2%
Konza 9/10 4334 days 3%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4334 days 2%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4354 days 1%
Francois 3/10 4367 days 0%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4370 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4373 days 0%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4378 days 0%
Collacott 9/10 4381 days 29%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4389 days 29%
Lis Bon 7/10 4395 days 28%
Craig Jones 9/10 4426 days 29%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4426 days 19%
Jurgen 7/10 4443 days 28%
Brigitte 8/10 4445 days 29%
Kohler 9/10 4446 days 29%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4446 days 29%
Roux 10/10 4447 days 30%
Reijenga 6/10 4448 days 25%
tanyap 9/10 4457 days 29%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4457 days 30%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4457 days 29%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4461 days 16%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4467 days 29%
Martina Posch 10/10 4471 days 30%
Oliver German 9/10 4704 days 29%
Jill Homewood 10/10 4725 days 30%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 4735 days 23%
Christian & Julia 10/10 4742 days 30%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 4743 days 29%
Thomas 10/10 4743 days 30%
Verne Heath 10/10 4746 days 30%
Stefan 8/10 4746 days 29%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 4749 days 28%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 4753 days 29%
Anika 9/10 4760 days 29%
Asha 10/10 4792 days 30%
Tobias Forst 9/10 4824 days 29%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 4839 days 29%
Christina 9/10 4840 days 29%
JadesWorld 6/10 4853 days 25%
Patricia French 9/10 5057 days 29%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5078 days 29%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5084 days 28%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5088 days 28%
Monica 9/10 5094 days 29%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5098 days 29%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5099 days 29%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5100 days 29%
Claudio 3/10 5104 days 16%
Faucon 5/10 5113 days 23%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5114 days 19%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5114 days 29%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5117 days 30%
Sprangers 7/10 5119 days 28%
qofd 9/10 5249 days 29%
ahtom82 2/10 5341 days 13%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5418 days 29%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5489 days 29%
Jansen 9/10 5557 days 29%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5560 days 29%
Elodie 8/10 5564 days 29%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5565 days 29%
neilchelt 7/10 5583 days 28%
suet 8/10 5797 days 29%
monikav 10/10 5797 days 30%
Nick 10/10 5827 days 30%
Rafael 9/10 5833 days 29%
Nanno 8/10 5847 days 29%
Florian 8/10 5854 days 29%
Thamar 7/10 5861 days 28%
Anna 7/10 5864 days 28%
Burkhalter 10/10 5868 days 30%
Lucas 10/10 5869 days 30%
Mark 8/10 5928 days 29%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6009 days 29%
Toby 5/10 6169 days 23%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6187 days 30%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6189 days 30%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6243 days 29%
Gail 8/10 6243 days 29%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6266 days 28%
Anita 5/10 6266 days 23%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6399 days 29%
Millie 8/10 6507 days 29%
Stephanie 9/10 6508 days 29%
Kristine 6/10 6509 days 25%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6525 days 29%
Denise Nick 9/10 6536 days 29%
Austin 10/10 6541 days 30%
Claire 7/10 6541 days 28%
Detlef 8/10 6541 days 29%
Lukas 10/10 6573 days 30%

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

-4.15% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 52 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 -4.09%
198 -4.11%
199 -4.13%
200 -4.15%
201 -4.18%
202 -4.20%
203 -4.22%

Balancing Adjustment

3.24% 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.