Index score

73.3/ 100

Ranked #476 of 500

Down 54 from #422

The Big Sur cliff-top icon — aspirational and tiny, with a five-room group cap; a VIP micro-reward, not a program venue.

How Post Ranch Inn scores

Guest Experience · 25%Computed86.4

Service depth, suite product, and the arrival-to-departure feel for a top performer

Source: Google verified guest ratings (review-volume weighted), blended 50/50 with editorial assessment

Group Readiness · 25%Editorial · Fact-anchored48

Meeting space, group F&B, event operations, and incentive-program track record

Source: Anchored to verified property facts — rooms, meeting space, max group, buyout (shown below)

Setting · 20%Editorial98

Location, views, grounds, and the sense of place a program trades on

Source: Editorial assessment against published criteria

Dining & Wellness · 15%Editorial88

Restaurant program, spa and wellness facilities, and signature experiences on property

Source: Editorial assessment; Michelin & recognized-spa signals forthcoming

Value · 15%Editorial46

What the program budget buys relative to peers in the same tier and destination

Source: Live median nightly rate (Google Hotels), quality-adjusted and blended 50/50 with editorial

Rooms39keys on property

Max group40realistic incentive size

Meeting space1,500 sq fttotal function space

Full buyoutYesexclusive-use availability

Inside a ranked destination

Big Sur (USA)United States

#80 of 435Momentum 80

Post Ranch Inn sits inside Big Sur (USA), a destination ranked live on the IncentiveTrips Destination Index™ — search momentum, air access, safety, and value, recomputed as new data lands.

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More venues in Big Sur (USA)

#527Ventana Big Sur, an Alila Resort61.3 / 100

Neighbors in the Index

#474ZaborinHanazono, Niseko, Japan73.4 #475Setsu NisekoNiseko, Japan73.4 #477Castillo Hotel Son Vida, A Luxury Collection HotelPalma de Mallorca, Spain73.3 #478Rikli Balance HotelBled, Slovenia73.3

Methodology

How this score is computed

total = 0.25 × 86.4 (Guest Experience) + 0.25 × 48 (Group Readiness) + 0.20 × 98 (Setting) + 0.15 × 88 (Dining & Wellness) + 0.15 × 46 (Value) = 73.3

Guest Experience 86.4 = 0.5 × 93 (editorial base) + 0.5 × 79.7 (from 4.6★ across 490 Google reviews, Jul 26, 2026)

Five pillars, each scored 0–100, weighted per the published methodology. Each pillar is labeled Computed or Editorial above, per venue: Value and Guest Experience convert to a 50/50 blend of the editorial base and the computed input as live rate data and verified guest ratings land; Group Readiness is editorial, anchored to the property facts shown above; Setting and Dining & Wellness are editorial judgments against published criteria. Every change lands in the append-only readings ledger below, and venues may submit verified data for the next edition. No venue pays to be ranked.

Index log

Date	Total	Rank
Jul 26, 2026	73.3	#476
Jul 25, 2026	75.0	#422
Jul 20, 2026	75.0	#422

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Ranking historyOur published record of how Post Ranch Inn has moved over time