Middle Tennessee · Central Time
April: reserve a Murfreesboro hot air balloon ride for two at sunrise
A single April night in Murfreesboro, the county seat of Rutherford County southeast of Nashville, comes before a private flight at sunrise. You check in on Friday, April 23, 2027, to a shared room at a small inn or hotel in town, and check out on Saturday, April 24, 2027. That morning the office asks a balloon company based in Murfreesboro to keep a basket for your party alone, making this a Murfreesboro hot air balloon ride for two. The office checks for space with the balloon company and the inn or hotel on those dates, then writes up a quote to read over.
From $485 per person, double occupancy, flight included, lodging tax extra
- Dates
- April 23 to 24, 2027
- Stay
- One night
- Flight
- April 24, sunrise
- Leave at
- 5:20 a.m. CT
Saturday before first light in Murfreesboro
You leave the room at 5:20 a.m. Central Time, while it is still dark, and the office allows 10 minutes for the drive to the meeting place the company names in the quote. The office plans your meeting with the balloon company for 5:32 a.m. Central Time, thirty minutes before sunrise, which comes at 6:02 a.m. Central Time; the office asks the company for a sunrise flight, and the company confirms its time in the quote. Streetlights are still on as you park, and the eastern sky goes from gray to a thin band of pale yellow while the balloon company gets the balloon ready. Late April in Middle Tennessee brings new leaves, pastures gone bright green and dew heavy on the grass, so a light jacket and shoes that can get wet make sense. If the pilot finds the wind and weather suitable, you and your companion climb into the basket and rise as the first sun reaches the fields and cedar glades around town.
The flight morning, hour by hour
| 5:20 a.m. | Leave your lodging in Murfreesboro |
|---|---|
| 5:32 a.m. | Planned meeting with the balloon company, Murfreesboro area; the company confirms the time before the flight |
| 6:02 a.m. | Sunrise |
| in the quote | In the air |
| in the quote | From meeting to being back at your car |
Sunrise for Murfreesboro; drive 10 minutes from Murfreesboro (a planning allowance inside the town).
Included in the $485 figure for April 24
- One night in a room in a small inn or hotel in Murfreesboro, double occupancy, at the office's planning figure for a room night, before tax
- The private sunrise flight for two near Murfreesboro on April 24, 2027, in a basket for your party alone
- The ride back from the landing field to the Murfreesboro meeting place on April 24
- The office's written quote for April 23 to 24, 2027, then the confirmation
Not in the figure: road, taxes and tips around April 24
- The drive to Murfreesboro by April 23 and home again, which you arrange
- Tennessee sales tax, Rutherford County lodging tax and any city tax on one night
- A tip for the chase crew on April 24, if you choose to leave one
- Meals and other outings during one night in Murfreesboro
Cedar glade flowers and a pair alone in the basket
Two people who want a basket with nobody else in it will like this stay: a couple, two friends, or a parent with a child. The balloon company states its youngest flyer age in the quote, and before it confirms your flight it asks each of you what you need. Skip this one if a 5:20 a.m. Central Time departure would spoil the weekend, or if your dates cannot move. With a single night there is no later morning to fall back on. Should the pilot call the flight off for weather, the next step follows the balloon company's own weather terms, which the quote states, and the office then helps you change or cancel the night.
Settled with the balloon company and the lodging
| Murfreesboro lodging | Rate for April 23 to 24, 2027, and whether it holds the room |
|---|---|
| Murfreesboro balloon company | A place in the basket on April 24; its youngest flyer age; 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 company's own weather terms apply, stated in the quote |
| How $485 is built | $425 per person for the flight, plus half of a $113 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.