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

86.36%

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 78 days 100%
Sarah Killury 5/10 2876 days 2%
Rado Hank 10/10 2964 days 3%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2966 days 3%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2968 days 3%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2970 days 3%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2972 days 3%
Phil Baker 9/10 2973 days 3%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2976 days 3%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2983 days 3%
Steve Jackson 8/10 3221 days 2%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 3228 days 2%
Robin 7/10 3229 days 2%
Andy 6/10 3230 days 2%
Philip Grant 7/10 3232 days 2%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 3233 days 2%
Pierre 7/10 3243 days 2%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 3245 days 2%
Auba Mateos 10/10 3250 days 2%
Charlotte 10/10 3250 days 2%
Francesca Scott 9/10 3250 days 2%
Anders Frank 7/10 3252 days 2%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 3254 days 2%
Simon Briens 7/10 3255 days 2%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 3256 days 2%
Chaulet 10/10 3261 days 2%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 3262 days 2%
Riccardo 8/10 3263 days 2%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 3283 days 2%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 3288 days 2%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 3290 days 2%
Laura David 9/10 3291 days 2%
Gretha 9/10 3293 days 2%
Dries 9/10 3293 days 2%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3293 days 2%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3293 days 2%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3294 days 2%
Alna 10/10 3299 days 2%
Patricia 10/10 3300 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3300 days 2%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3305 days 2%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3306 days 2%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3309 days 2%
Alonso 8/10 3312 days 2%
Sophie 9/10 3313 days 2%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3315 days 2%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3315 days 2%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3315 days 2%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3316 days 2%
John Edwards 10/10 3317 days 2%
Alice Frater 9/10 3317 days 2%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3318 days 2%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3327 days 2%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3327 days 2%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3329 days 2%
Sam Staines 8/10 3331 days 2%
Christine 5/10 3332 days 2%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3333 days 2%
Megan 8/10 3336 days 2%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3336 days 2%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3341 days 2%
Niels 9/10 3342 days 2%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3344 days 2%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3345 days 2%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3345 days 2%
Anne 8/10 3351 days 2%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3456 days 2%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3532 days 2%
Celina 7/10 3532 days 2%
Vanuxem 7/10 3549 days 2%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3551 days 2%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3551 days 2%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3554 days 2%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3555 days 2%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3558 days 1%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3560 days 1%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3563 days 1%
Liam King 8/10 3564 days 2%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3564 days 2%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3565 days 2%
Christian Krause 9/10 3566 days 2%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3566 days 2%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3567 days 2%
Anika D 7/10 3569 days 1%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3569 days 2%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3569 days 2%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3570 days 2%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3572 days 1%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3572 days 2%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3573 days 2%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3573 days 1%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3574 days 2%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3576 days 2%
Hannes 9/10 3577 days 2%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3577 days 2%
Laura Moore 10/10 3578 days 2%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3579 days 1%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3580 days 2%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3581 days 1%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3583 days 1%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3584 days 2%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3585 days 1%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3586 days 1%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3587 days 2%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3589 days 2%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3589 days 2%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3589 days 2%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3591 days 2%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3591 days 2%
Marcus 8/10 3593 days 2%
Jesper 8/10 3593 days 2%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3593 days 2%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3596 days 2%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3596 days 1%
Amit Bass 10/10 3597 days 2%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3597 days 2%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3597 days 1%
Sebastian 10/10 3598 days 2%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3598 days 2%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3598 days 1%
Annika Weber 10/10 3598 days 2%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3598 days 1%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3598 days 2%
Richard May 6/10 3599 days 1%
Max Butteli 6/10 3600 days 1%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3604 days 1%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3605 days 1%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3607 days 2%
Briony 9/10 3608 days 1%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3608 days 1%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3609 days 1%
Gerrit 8/10 3609 days 1%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3609 days 1%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3609 days 2%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3609 days 1%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3609 days 1%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3609 days 1%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3610 days 1%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3611 days 1%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3611 days 1%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3612 days 1%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3613 days 1%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3613 days 1%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3613 days 1%
David Soukal 9/10 3614 days 1%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3615 days 1%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3616 days 1%
Isabelle 10/10 3617 days 1%
M J 9/10 3618 days 1%
Susi 9/10 3619 days 1%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3620 days 1%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3622 days 1%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3623 days 1%
Alice Melker 7/10 3623 days 1%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3623 days 1%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3626 days 1%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3628 days 1%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3629 days 1%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3629 days 1%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3629 days 1%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3631 days 1%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3632 days 1%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3633 days 1%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3633 days 1%
Josephine 8/10 3634 days 1%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3634 days 1%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3634 days 1%
Nico 6/10 3635 days 1%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3651 days 1%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3652 days 1%
Marc 7/10 3653 days 1%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3653 days 1%
Malina 8/10 3655 days 1%
Julia Martin 6/10 3655 days 1%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3656 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 3658 days 1%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3660 days 1%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3666 days 1%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3666 days 1%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3671 days 1%
Selma Krap 9/10 3672 days 1%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3678 days 1%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3699 days 1%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3714 days 1%
Luis . 7/10 3760 days 1%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3932 days 1%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3932 days 1%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3932 days 1%
Mak Walther 8/10 3934 days 1%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3934 days 1%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3978 days 1%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3979 days 1%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3993 days 1%
Marie Sander 8/10 3993 days 1%
Felix Holm 7/10 4016 days 1%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4026 days 1%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 4036 days 1%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 4089 days 1%
Ron Clarke 10/10 4095 days 1%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 4272 days 0%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 4272 days 0%
Lagarde 7/10 4277 days 0%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 4278 days 0%
Lola 8/10 4278 days 0%
Alisa 9/10 4278 days 0%
Laura 8/10 4278 days 0%
Camille Bellay 5/10 4281 days 0%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 4281 days 0%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 4285 days 0%
Christina Perez 6/10 4285 days 0%
Alex 10/10 4288 days 0%
Becky 9/10 4288 days 0%
Christoph Betten 9/10 4288 days 0%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 4288 days 0%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4289 days 0%
Laura 9/10 4293 days 0%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4293 days 0%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4294 days 0%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4294 days 0%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4295 days 0%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4296 days 0%
Laura 10/10 4304 days 0%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4305 days 0%
Laina Black 9/10 4309 days 0%
Ricky White 7/10 4309 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4310 days 0%
Hadler 8/10 4311 days 0%
Felicitas 7/10 4311 days 0%
Steffen 10/10 4313 days 0%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4313 days 0%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4313 days 0%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4314 days 0%
Amanda 10/10 4320 days 0%
Derek 8/10 4320 days 0%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4321 days 0%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4321 days 0%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4324 days 0%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4324 days 0%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4324 days 0%
Max Meternich 8/10 4324 days 0%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4328 days 0%
Dana 10/10 4328 days 0%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4328 days 0%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4333 days 0%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4334 days 0%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4336 days 0%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4336 days 0%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4336 days 0%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4336 days 0%
Johannes 8/10 4337 days 0%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4340 days 0%
Anna 8/10 4340 days 0%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4350 days 0%
Philipp 9/10 4350 days 0%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4350 days 0%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4352 days 0%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4352 days 0%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4354 days 0%
Roland Beer 8/10 4357 days 0%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4357 days 0%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4358 days 0%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4359 days 0%
Marco Newald 5/10 4359 days 0%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4362 days 0%
B D 10/10 4369 days 0%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4369 days 0%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4369 days 0%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4374 days 0%
Jeremy 9/10 4400 days 1%
Brian 9/10 4461 days 1%
Memain 9/10 4641 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4642 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4642 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4642 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4642 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4662 days 1%
Francois 3/10 4675 days 1%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4678 days 0%
Tina 6/10 4681 days 1%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4686 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4689 days 1%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4697 days 1%
Lis Bon 7/10 4703 days 1%
Craig Jones 9/10 4734 days 1%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4734 days 1%
Jurgen 7/10 4751 days 1%
Brigitte 8/10 4753 days 1%
Kohler 9/10 4754 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4754 days 1%
Roux 10/10 4755 days 1%
Reijenga 6/10 4756 days 1%
tanyap 9/10 4765 days 1%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4765 days 1%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4765 days 1%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4769 days 1%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4775 days 1%
Martina Posch 10/10 4779 days 1%
Oliver German 9/10 5012 days 1%
Jill Homewood 10/10 5033 days 1%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 5043 days 1%
Christian & Julia 10/10 5050 days 1%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 5051 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5051 days 1%
Verne Heath 10/10 5054 days 1%
Stefan 8/10 5054 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 5057 days 1%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 5061 days 1%
Anika 9/10 5068 days 1%
Asha 10/10 5100 days 1%
Tobias Forst 9/10 5132 days 1%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5147 days 1%
Christina 9/10 5148 days 1%
JadesWorld 6/10 5161 days 1%
Patricia French 9/10 5365 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5386 days 1%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5392 days 1%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5396 days 1%
Monica 9/10 5402 days 1%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5406 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5407 days 1%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5408 days 1%
Claudio 3/10 5412 days 1%
Faucon 5/10 5421 days 1%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5422 days 1%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5422 days 1%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5425 days 1%
Sprangers 7/10 5427 days 1%
qofd 9/10 5557 days 1%
ahtom82 2/10 5649 days 0%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5726 days 1%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5797 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 5865 days 1%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5868 days 1%
Elodie 8/10 5872 days 1%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5873 days 1%
neilchelt 7/10 5891 days 1%
suet 8/10 6105 days 1%
monikav 10/10 6105 days 1%
Nick 10/10 6135 days 1%
Rafael 9/10 6141 days 1%
Nanno 8/10 6155 days 1%
Florian 8/10 6162 days 1%
Thamar 7/10 6169 days 1%
Anna 7/10 6172 days 1%
Burkhalter 10/10 6176 days 1%
Lucas 10/10 6177 days 1%
Mark 8/10 6236 days 1%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6317 days 1%
Toby 5/10 6477 days 1%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6495 days 1%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6497 days 1%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6551 days 1%
Gail 8/10 6551 days 1%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6574 days 1%
Anita 5/10 6574 days 1%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6707 days 1%
Millie 8/10 6815 days 1%
Stephanie 9/10 6816 days 1%
Kristine 6/10 6817 days 1%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6833 days 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 6844 days 1%
Austin 10/10 6849 days 1%
Claire 7/10 6849 days 1%
Detlef 8/10 6849 days 1%
Lukas 10/10 6881 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

-0.99% 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 49 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
46 -0.93%
47 -0.95%
48 -0.97%
49 -0.99%
50 -1.01%
51 -1.03%
52 -1.05%

Balancing Adjustment

1.75% 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.