Ranking Score Explained

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

83.20%

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 2585 days 80%
Rado Hank 10/10 2672 days 100%
Eva Cordemeyer 9/10 2674 days 99%
Janneke van Krieken 8/10 2676 days 98%
Jennie Tollerton 10/10 2678 days 100%
Anis Quentin 10/10 2680 days 100%
Phil Baker 9/10 2681 days 98%
Jeny Smolders 9/10 2684 days 98%
Linnea Sahlberg 10/10 2691 days 99%
Steve Jackson 8/10 2929 days 83%
Christoph Grubmair 9/10 2936 days 84%
Robin 7/10 2937 days 79%
Andy 6/10 2938 days 73%
Philip Grant 7/10 2940 days 78%
Sam Wolfe 7/10 2941 days 78%
Pierre 7/10 2951 days 78%
Sophie Pettler 8/10 2953 days 82%
Auba Mateos 10/10 2958 days 83%
Charlotte 10/10 2958 days 83%
Francesca Scott 9/10 2958 days 82%
Anders Frank 7/10 2960 days 77%
Benedikt Lorenz 9/10 2962 days 82%
Simon Briens 7/10 2963 days 77%
Kathrin Herbst 8/10 2964 days 81%
Chaulet 10/10 2969 days 83%
Kristina Nunoz 9/10 2970 days 82%
Riccardo 8/10 2971 days 81%
Theerada Wongkaew 10/10 2991 days 81%
Joonas Lehtomaki 9/10 2996 days 80%
Jessica Freeland 8/10 2998 days 79%
Laura David 9/10 2999 days 80%
Gretha 9/10 3001 days 80%
Dries 9/10 3001 days 80%
Bjorn Nielsen 10/10 3001 days 81%
Stephan Bruhwile 8/10 3001 days 79%
Micha Kuster 9/10 3002 days 80%
Alna 10/10 3007 days 80%
Patricia 10/10 3008 days 80%
Alex 10/10 3008 days 80%
Jennie Holland 10/10 3013 days 80%
Jasmine Rogers 8/10 3014 days 78%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3017 days 78%
Alonso 8/10 3020 days 78%
Sophie 9/10 3021 days 79%
Jannika Cao 6/10 3023 days 68%
Rose Guillaume 6/10 3023 days 68%
Pierre Landenne 8/10 3023 days 78%
Evelyn Rloeh 10/10 3024 days 79%
John Edwards 10/10 3025 days 79%
Alice Frater 9/10 3025 days 78%
Rik van der Niet 8/10 3026 days 78%
Sina Schmidt 8/10 3035 days 77%
Simeon Manz 10/10 3035 days 79%
Charlotte Molesworth 8/10 3037 days 77%
Sam Staines 8/10 3039 days 77%
Christine 5/10 3040 days 60%
Jessica Nasstrom 7/10 3041 days 73%
Megan 8/10 3044 days 77%
Laura Leoekloek 8/10 3044 days 77%
Gordon Todan 10/10 3049 days 78%
Niels 9/10 3050 days 77%
MARK CURPHEY 10/10 3052 days 78%
Sam Taylor 8/10 3053 days 76%
Dave Ellis 8/10 3053 days 76%
Anne 8/10 3059 days 76%
Catherine Pigeon 9/10 3165 days 70%
Jana Ebelina 8/10 3240 days 65%
Celina 7/10 3240 days 62%
Vanuxem 7/10 3257 days 61%
Lukas Boller 7/10 3259 days 61%
Thomas Michel 8/10 3259 days 64%
Simon Schatz 9/10 3262 days 65%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 3263 days 65%
Thomas Le Buzulier 7/10 3266 days 60%
Emmanuel Roux 7/10 3268 days 60%
Bas Marinus 6/10 3271 days 56%
Liam King 8/10 3272 days 63%
Caroline Shaw 10/10 3272 days 65%
Sabrina Schneider 10/10 3273 days 65%
Christian Krause 9/10 3274 days 64%
Sam Fenton-Elston 8/10 3274 days 63%
Karin Karlsson 9/10 3275 days 64%
Anika D 7/10 3277 days 60%
Stephanie Still 10/10 3277 days 64%
Chloe and Guillame 8/10 3277 days 63%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3278 days 64%
Saskia Peek 7/10 3280 days 60%
Erika Tarant 8/10 3280 days 63%
Julie Duvert 10/10 3281 days 64%
Dan Ramsl 4/10 3281 days 42%
Lucy Mulvin 9/10 3282 days 63%
Fine Kochling 10/10 3284 days 64%
Hannes 9/10 3285 days 63%
Samuel Lucht 9/10 3285 days 63%
Laura Moore 10/10 3286 days 64%
Nathan Raymond 7/10 3287 days 59%
Arthur Portolleau 8/10 3288 days 62%
Ellie Doughty 5/10 3289 days 48%
Nancy Logan 7/10 3291 days 59%
Isabella Sinnesbickle 10/10 3292 days 64%
Verena Konetzhi 7/10 3293 days 59%
Severin Knegsch 6/10 3294 days 55%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3295 days 63%
Nanna Torp 8/10 3297 days 62%
Lewis Whittle 8/10 3297 days 62%
Lukas Seager 8/10 3297 days 62%
Lea Behnem 10/10 3299 days 63%
Ben and Pauline 9/10 3299 days 62%
Marcus 8/10 3301 days 62%
Jesper 8/10 3301 days 62%
Johannes Koch 10/10 3301 days 63%
Ann-Kathrin 9/10 3304 days 62%
Dawn Howard 8/10 3304 days 62%
Amit Bass 10/10 3305 days 63%
Laura Schafer 10/10 3305 days 63%
Robin Lakner 4/10 3305 days 41%
Sebastian 10/10 3306 days 63%
Jaquein Bucholz 10/10 3306 days 63%
Ben Schieber 4/10 3306 days 41%
Annika Weber 10/10 3306 days 63%
Antoine Boudin 7/10 3306 days 58%
Cariotta Kemper 9/10 3306 days 62%
Richard May 6/10 3307 days 54%
Max Butteli 6/10 3308 days 54%
Mijke Boesten 8/10 3312 days 61%
Pierre Alexandre 7/10 3313 days 58%
Charlotte Schleicher 10/10 3315 days 62%
Briony 9/10 3316 days 61%
Kirsten Gehrenbeck 9/10 3316 days 61%
Felix Sternke 6/10 3317 days 53%
Gerrit 8/10 3317 days 61%
Sascha Daub 8/10 3317 days 61%
Melanie Kronbichler 10/10 3317 days 62%
Henry Wichler 9/10 3317 days 61%
Richard Starkeq 7/10 3317 days 58%
Ruven Rintelmann 6/10 3317 days 53%
Katlin Pollinger 7/10 3318 days 58%
Taylor Fabricius 10/10 3319 days 62%
Sophia Harnisch 10/10 3319 days 62%
Brianna Burd 8/10 3320 days 61%
Markus Wabing 6/10 3321 days 53%
Uschi Pongratz 10/10 3321 days 62%
Jessica Ruhland 8/10 3321 days 61%
David Soukal 9/10 3322 days 61%
Olivia Aliprandi 8/10 3323 days 60%
Jacquiline Bukmann 7/10 3324 days 57%
Isabelle 10/10 3325 days 62%
M J 9/10 3326 days 61%
Susi 9/10 3327 days 61%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3328 days 57%
Franziska Hohmann 8/10 3330 days 60%
Faye Oliver 4/10 3331 days 40%
Alice Melker 7/10 3331 days 57%
Lauren Thompson 8/10 3331 days 60%
Sophie NIemann 10/10 3334 days 61%
Christian Reimund 7/10 3336 days 57%
Nina Kletner 7/10 3337 days 57%
Pekka and Jonna 8/10 3337 days 60%
Fabian Graf 8/10 3337 days 60%
Julia Ebneter 8/10 3339 days 60%
Jenny and Till 7/10 3340 days 56%
Sara and Antoine 7/10 3341 days 56%
Kathanina Jasik 10/10 3341 days 61%
Josephine 8/10 3342 days 59%
Toni Gabby 9/10 3342 days 60%
Luisa and Hannes 7/10 3342 days 56%
Nico 6/10 3343 days 52%
Eline Meijer 8/10 3359 days 58%
Nicola Wiggan 7/10 3360 days 55%
Marc 7/10 3361 days 55%
Linda and Gunther 9/10 3361 days 59%
Malina 8/10 3363 days 58%
Julia Martin 6/10 3363 days 51%
Sebastian Schurchardt 10/10 3364 days 59%
Elodie 8/10 3366 days 58%
Mette and Jesper 10/10 3368 days 59%
Jessica and Leonie 8/10 3374 days 58%
Hannah Fidora 8/10 3374 days 58%
Elizabeth Nash 7/10 3379 days 54%
Selma Krap 9/10 3380 days 58%
Julia Waenninger 7/10 3386 days 54%
Lee Farrington 10/10 3408 days 57%
Sarah Boettcher 4/10 3422 days 36%
Luis . 7/10 3469 days 49%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3640 days 43%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3640 days 43%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3640 days 43%
Mak Walther 8/10 3642 days 42%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3642 days 42%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3686 days 40%
Andrew Simpson 10/10 3687 days 40%
Dominik Rehbaum 7/10 3701 days 37%
Marie Sander 8/10 3701 days 39%
Felix Holm 7/10 3724 days 35%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 3734 days 37%
Lukas, Anne and Malte 8/10 3744 days 36%
Hubert Schmid 10/10 3797 days 34%
Ron Clarke 10/10 3804 days 33%
Greg Gilmore 9/10 3980 days 23%
Fiona Hawkins 6/10 3980 days 20%
Lagarde 7/10 3985 days 21%
Julia Schabenberger 8/10 3986 days 22%
Lola 8/10 3986 days 22%
Alisa 9/10 3986 days 22%
Laura 8/10 3986 days 22%
Camille Bellay 5/10 3989 days 17%
Guillaume Yedoux 6/10 3989 days 19%
Catherine Schlachter 6/10 3993 days 19%
Christina Perez 6/10 3993 days 19%
Alex 10/10 3996 days 22%
Becky 9/10 3996 days 22%
Christoph Betten 9/10 3996 days 22%
Leonie Moeller 9/10 3996 days 22%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 3997 days 22%
Laura 9/10 4001 days 22%
Andreas Schindler 9/10 4001 days 22%
Bea Westkam 9/10 4002 days 21%
Julia Moellers 10/10 4002 days 22%
Sam Bruylant 8/10 4003 days 21%
Ines Bruylant 10/10 4004 days 22%
Laura 10/10 4012 days 21%
Christopher Buch Madsen 9/10 4013 days 21%
Laina Black 9/10 4017 days 21%
Ricky White 7/10 4017 days 19%
Eva-Maria Krueger 10/10 4018 days 21%
Hadler 8/10 4019 days 20%
Felicitas 7/10 4019 days 19%
Steffen 10/10 4021 days 21%
Sergey Pronkin 8/10 4021 days 20%
Nina Helmling 10/10 4021 days 21%
Cathrin Wisgiekl 7/10 4022 days 19%
Amanda 10/10 4028 days 20%
Derek 8/10 4028 days 20%
Julie Ledanois 9/10 4029 days 20%
Pierre Gentile 7/10 4029 days 19%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4032 days 19%
Emeline Brocard 7/10 4032 days 19%
Marvin Koever 8/10 4032 days 20%
Max Meternich 8/10 4032 days 20%
Klaus Petersen 7/10 4036 days 18%
Dana 10/10 4036 days 20%
Rikke Petersen 9/10 4036 days 20%
Toke Frederiksen 8/10 4041 days 19%
Ruth Watkin 9/10 4042 days 19%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4044 days 18%
Matthias Freiling 9/10 4044 days 19%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4044 days 18%
Jesseca Klausch 8/10 4044 days 19%
Johannes 8/10 4045 days 19%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4048 days 19%
Anna 8/10 4048 days 19%
Dan Lawson 7/10 4058 days 17%
Philipp 9/10 4058 days 18%
Sina Sacranie 8/10 4058 days 18%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4060 days 17%
Valerio Penita 6/10 4060 days 16%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 4062 days 18%
Roland Beer 8/10 4065 days 18%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4065 days 18%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4066 days 18%
Magdalene Zech 5/10 4067 days 13%
Marco Newald 5/10 4067 days 13%
Hendrik Schanz 10/10 4070 days 18%
B D 10/10 4077 days 17%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4077 days 17%
Elin Paulssen 10/10 4077 days 17%
Romina Bolz 7/10 4082 days 16%
Jeremy 9/10 4108 days 15%
Brian 9/10 4169 days 12%
Memain 9/10 4349 days 1%
Anton Thisted 8/10 4350 days 1%
Josefine Sjodin 7/10 4350 days 1%
Konza 9/10 4350 days 1%
Katie Fleck 6/10 4350 days 1%
Tim Vennewold 7/10 4370 days 0%
Francois 3/10 4383 days 16%
Stephanie Belanger 1/10 4386 days 12%
Tina 6/10 4389 days 25%
Bjorn Hedmark 10/10 4394 days 30%
Collacott 9/10 4397 days 29%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4405 days 29%
Lis Bon 7/10 4411 days 27%
Craig Jones 9/10 4442 days 29%
Glyn Ethelston 4/10 4442 days 19%
Jurgen 7/10 4459 days 27%
Brigitte 8/10 4461 days 29%
Kohler 9/10 4462 days 29%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4462 days 29%
Roux 10/10 4463 days 30%
Reijenga 6/10 4464 days 25%
tanyap 9/10 4473 days 29%
Gary Brooks 10/10 4473 days 30%
Kristina Mårtensson 9/10 4473 days 29%
Alexander Klein 3/10 4477 days 16%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4483 days 29%
Martina Posch 10/10 4487 days 30%
Oliver German 9/10 4720 days 29%
Jill Homewood 10/10 4741 days 30%
Jaroslav Gajdos 5/10 4751 days 22%
Christian & Julia 10/10 4758 days 30%
Miina Hyuonen 9/10 4759 days 29%
Thomas 10/10 4759 days 30%
Verne Heath 10/10 4762 days 30%
Stefan 8/10 4762 days 29%
Ralf Glaser 7/10 4765 days 27%
Gloria, Rose & An 8/10 4769 days 29%
Anika 9/10 4776 days 29%
Asha 10/10 4808 days 30%
Tobias Forst 9/10 4840 days 29%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 4855 days 29%
Christina 9/10 4856 days 29%
JadesWorld 6/10 4869 days 25%
Patricia French 9/10 5073 days 29%
Chantal Wendel 8/10 5094 days 29%
Guult Ryan 7/10 5100 days 27%
Veronica Warren 7/10 5104 days 27%
Monica 9/10 5110 days 29%
Rachel Kent-Lawton 8/10 5114 days 29%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5115 days 29%
Rebecca Stones 8/10 5116 days 29%
Claudio 3/10 5120 days 16%
Faucon 5/10 5129 days 22%
Sebastian Engelke 4/10 5130 days 19%
Olivia Carvill 8/10 5130 days 29%
Marianne Astorp 10/10 5133 days 30%
Sprangers 7/10 5135 days 27%
qofd 9/10 5265 days 29%
ahtom82 2/10 5357 days 13%
heather Cardinal 9/10 5434 days 29%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5505 days 29%
Jansen 9/10 5573 days 29%
Tim Beuzeval 9/10 5576 days 29%
Elodie 8/10 5580 days 29%
Lionel Mouesca 9/10 5581 days 29%
neilchelt 7/10 5599 days 27%
suet 8/10 5813 days 29%
monikav 10/10 5813 days 30%
Nick 10/10 5844 days 30%
Rafael 9/10 5850 days 29%
Nanno 8/10 5864 days 29%
Florian 8/10 5870 days 29%
Thamar 7/10 5878 days 27%
Anna 7/10 5880 days 27%
Burkhalter 10/10 5884 days 30%
Lucas 10/10 5885 days 30%
Mark 8/10 5945 days 29%
Zoe Summers 9/10 6025 days 29%
Toby 5/10 6185 days 22%
Therese Axelsson 10/10 6203 days 30%
Anna Cronmalm 10/10 6205 days 30%
Christian Schutte 9/10 6259 days 29%
Gail 8/10 6259 days 29%
Christian Arnot 7/10 6282 days 27%
Anita 5/10 6282 days 22%
Jessica Callen 8/10 6415 days 29%
Millie 8/10 6523 days 29%
Stephanie 9/10 6524 days 29%
Kristine 6/10 6525 days 25%
Mike Shirley 9/10 6541 days 29%
Denise Nick 9/10 6552 days 29%
Austin 10/10 6557 days 30%
Claire 7/10 6557 days 27%
Detlef 8/10 6557 days 29%
Lukas 10/10 6589 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

-4.11% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 55 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 -4.05%
198 -4.07%
199 -4.09%
200 -4.11%
201 -4.13%
202 -4.15%
203 -4.17%

Balancing Adjustment

3.26% 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.