OUR METHODOLOGY
A judgement you can
understand and examine.
We assess a specific edition of an event. Provider, series, location and edition remain distinct, as do segment, quality and privacy profile.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, MODERN METHOD
A tradition of hospitality.
Precision in our method.
Audiger (1692) and Grimod (from 1803) frame two enduring questions: how is hospitality organised, and how is quality conveyed through reasoned judgement? Wayford develops its present-day criteria, weightings and evidence requirements independently.
Historical sources provide editorial context. They do not generate rating points or demonstrate the quality of present-day organisers.
Our historical foundationsEIGHT AREAS · 100 PER CENT
What matters.
Safeguarding and a culture of consent
25 %Privacy and discretion arrangements
20 %Service and included amenities
15 %Venue, interiors and practical usability
15 %Price, contract and service transparency
10 %Clarity of selection rules
5 %Event organisation and complaints handling
5 %Consistency between promises and experience
5 %Overall score = sum of each area score × its weighting. Every area uses the same 0–100 scale. The working model still requires calibration through pilot assessments and a second assessor.
One scale. Clear boundaries.
NR is not a poor rating. Missing information does not count as zero. An overall rating requires sufficient evidence and approval in all eight areas. Serious documented safeguarding failures may prevent publication.
Every statement has a source.
Assessed on site+
A documented visit by our team to the precisely identified edition.
Document review+
Relevant documents have been reviewed and checked for plausibility.
Provider statement+
Information supplied by the provider, without independent confirmation.
Unverified+
Outstanding or conflicting information.
Compare with perspective.
We compare sufficiently recent entries assessed under the same methodology version. Ties are possible. A single entry cannot establish a competitive winner; small comparison groups are explicitly identified.
High prices, frequent events and personal search filters do not earn bonus points. Payments must never alter an assessment.
