Middle Tennessee · Central Time
Golden hour in October: reserve a private sunset balloon flight near Brentwood for two
This trip gives two people one night in Brentwood, Tennessee, the Williamson County town that sits between Nashville and Franklin. You check in on Saturday, October 9, 2027, and share a room at a small inn or hotel in town. That evening you head a short way south to Franklin for a private sunset balloon flight near Brentwood, with nobody in the basket but your party and the pilot. You spend about an hour aloft and come down near dusk. On Sunday, October 10, 2027, you check out and carry on with your weekend.
From $1,065 per person, double occupancy, flight included, lodging tax extra
- Dates
- October 9 to 10, 2027
- Stay
- One night
- Flight
- October 9, sunset
- Leave at
- 4:05 p.m. CT
An October evening above Williamson County
On Saturday you leave your room at 4:05 p.m. Central Time for the 15 minutes south to Franklin, where the office plans your meeting with the balloon company for 4:21 p.m. Central Time, two hours before sunset. The pilot looks over the wind and weather there before anyone climbs in. If the pilot judges them right for it, you rise with your party alone in the basket. Low autumn light runs sideways over pastures, fence lines and wooded hills that are starting to show red and yellow. Sunset that day comes at 6:21 p.m. Central Time, and you settle back to the ground near dusk as the fields turn blue. Pack a warm layer, since October evenings cool fast once the sun is down.
The flight evening, hour by hour
| 4:05 p.m. | Leave your lodging in Brentwood |
|---|---|
| 4:21 p.m. | Planned meeting with the balloon company, Franklin area; the company confirms the time that day |
| 6:21 p.m. | Sunset |
| about one hour | In the air |
| about three hours | From meeting to being back at your car |
Sunset for Franklin; drive 15 minutes from Brentwood.
Included in the $1,065 figure for October 9
- One night in a room in a small inn or hotel in Brentwood, double occupancy, at the office's planning figure for a room night, before tax
- The private evening flight for two on October 9, 2027, in a basket for your party alone
- The ride back from the landing field to the Franklin meeting place on October 9
- The office's written quote for October 9 to 10, 2027, then the confirmation
Not in the figure: road, taxes and tips around October 9
- The drive to Brentwood by October 9 and home again, which you arrange
- Tennessee sales tax, Williamson County lodging tax and any city tax on one night
- A tip for the chase crew on October 9, if you choose to leave one
- Meals and other outings during one night in Brentwood
Golden hour for two above Williamson County fences
This trip suits a couple, two friends, or a parent and child who want the basket to themselves and would rather spend Saturday afternoon getting ready than wake in the dark. The office plans this flight for flyers aged 6 and up, and before the balloon company confirms, it asks every flyer for the details it needs. Think twice if your dates have no give: a one-night stay leaves no later evening to move the flight to, and a Sunday sunrise flight before checkout would be a separate flight at its own price. When the pilot calls off a flight for weather, the balloon company offers another date or a refund under its own terms, and the office then helps you change or cancel the night. Every time here is Central Time, one hour behind Pembroke Pines.
Settled with the balloon company and the lodging
| Brentwood lodging | Rate for October 9 to 10, 2027, and whether it holds the room |
|---|---|
| Franklin balloon company | A place in the basket on October 9; flyers aged 6 and up, as the office plans it; its weather and change rules |
| Basket plan | The company plans each basket by the passengers' combined weight and asks each flyer for their own before it confirms |
| Weather date | No later flight time inside the stay; the balloon company offers another date or a refund under its own terms, stated in the quote |
| How $1,065 is built | $997.50 per person for the flight, plus half of a $135 room night |
Anything that cannot be refunded is marked in the quote, and the total there replaces the starting figure. See balloon vacation package prices and the balloon flight weather cancellation policy.