Middle Tennessee · Central Time
Evening aloft: reserve a Nashville sunset hot air balloon ride for two in July
Here is a Nashville sunset hot air balloon ride for two, set inside a July weekend in Middle Tennessee. You spend two nights in a shared room at a small inn or hotel in Nashville, arriving Friday, July 16, 2027, and leaving Sunday, July 18, 2027. The flight falls on Saturday evening between those nights, and it is private: the basket carries only your party, stays up about an hour, and comes down near dusk. Once your request comes in, the office checks that the balloon company and the lodging both have room, then puts the whole plan and its cost in writing for you.
From $1,230 per person, double occupancy, flight included, lodging tax extra
- Dates
- July 16 to 18, 2027
- Stay
- Two nights
- Flight
- July 17, sunset
- Leave at
- 5:30 p.m. CT
Saturday evening on the road to Franklin
On Saturday, July 17, 2027, you leave the lodging at 5:30 p.m. Central Time, with the heat of the afternoon still rising off the pavement. The drive south on I-65 from Nashville to Franklin takes 30 minutes, and the office plans your meeting with the balloon company for 6:04 p.m. Central Time, two hours before sunset. While the pilot reads the wind and the sky, you watch the balloon company spread the envelope across the grass and fill it with air. Sunset that day comes at 8:04 p.m. Central Time. If the pilot gives the go-ahead, you spend about an hour drifting over hayfields, tree lines and farm ponds that catch the low orange light, with long shadows reaching across the pasture. You come down near dusk, as the air cools a little and fireflies begin to blink along the edge of the field.
The flight evening, hour by hour
| 5:30 p.m. | Leave your lodging in Nashville |
|---|---|
| 6:04 p.m. | Planned meeting with the balloon company, Franklin area; the company confirms the time that day |
| 8:04 p.m. | Sunset |
| about one hour | In the air |
| about three hours | From meeting to being back at your car |
Sunset for Franklin; drive 30 minutes from Nashville.
Included in the $1,230 figure for July 17
- Two nights in a room in a small inn or hotel in Nashville, double occupancy, at the office's planning figure for a room night, before tax
- The private evening flight for two on July 17, 2027, in a basket for your party alone
- The ride back from the landing field to the Franklin meeting place on July 17
- The office's written quote for July 16 to 18, 2027, then the confirmation
Not in the figure: road, taxes and tips around July 17
- The drive to Nashville by July 16 and home again, which you arrange
- Tennessee sales tax, Davidson County lodging tax and any city tax on two nights
- A tip for the chase crew on July 17, if you choose to leave one
- Meals and other outings during two nights in Nashville
A July evening basket for two from the city
This weekend suits two people who want the basket to themselves and would rather skip an alarm in the dark before dawn. An evening start leaves Saturday morning free for sleeping in. The office plans this flight for flyers aged 6 and up, and the balloon company asks each flyer what it needs before it confirms the flight. Think twice if summer heat wears you down, since the meeting falls in the warm part of the evening. The stay has no later evening to move the flight to: if the pilot calls it off for weather, the balloon company offers another date or a refund under its own terms, and the office helps you change or cancel the nights.
Settled with the balloon company and the lodging
| Nashville lodging | Rate for July 16 to 18, 2027, and whether it holds the room |
|---|---|
| Franklin balloon company | A place in the basket on July 17; 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 $1,230 is built | $997.50 per person for the flight, plus half of a $230 room night for each of two nights |
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.