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Many of our listings do not have pricing information. We wanted you to understand why that is. Since ballooning is a weather dependant activity, pricing can vary from region to region. Many operators offer specials depending on demand and season of year. To list all these specials would just add confusion to this online resource. In many areas you will find several PRO's (professional ride operators).
Competition between these operators keep pricing at it's best. We have found pricing to be competitive in each area with pricing varying only about $5 from operator to operator. Pricing nationwide can be anywhere from $160 to $225 per person depending on yearly flight weather in that region. Currently the national average is around $180 per person.

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Here is the booking information that was submitted to BalloonRideUS.com



-----Original Message-----
From: balloonrideus@balloonrideus.com [mailto:balloonrideus@balloonrideus.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:25 PM
To: sales@balloonrideus.com
Subject: A Balloon Ride US Booking

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Company:     Ballooning Adventures of Vermont
name:        Gerard
adult:       1 adult
jradult:     0 Jr adults (10-15)
children:    0 Child (9&under)
month:       Jan
day:         1
year:        2003
ampm:        AM Flight
address:     32X Hidden XXX Dr.  (I have blocked out for customers protection)
city:        Colchester
state:       VT
zip:         05446
phone:       28X-XX28  (I have blocked out for customers protection)
wkphone:    
email:       ellie_boXXXXXX@hotmail.com  (Also blocked out for customers protection)
contactmeby: Call my home phone
paytype:     With my Credit Card
B1:          Submit

comments:

I'm considering a gift certificate for my husband who's birthday is Saturday but would like some more information.  Please do not call after 5pm, use email instead.  Thanks!

 

As you can read this person is looking for information about getting a gift certificate for her husbands birthday.  After forwarding this with a nice note to Balloon Vermont here is the response we got.  The following is the actual email with no alterations.

 

wELP!!!!! YOUR 1ST LEAD TO ME WAS OVER 1.5 YEARS OLD ACCORDING TO THE POOP YOU SENT ME  & FROM FLA.....LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO DRIVE RIGHT OVER TO VERMONT FOR A FLIGHT....& ( NO i DIDN"T WASTE A PENNY CHASING A 1 1/2 YEAR OLD REQUEST FOR A GIFT CERT.To or frm fla. You may have made a very big  mistake ever calling me a guy with 34 years & 7300+ hrs. & very full time into this bus. that lotsa people call for advice & my opinion & believe me I do not need to chase a lead that is 1.5 yrs. old & 1000+ miles away .....I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M WASTING MY TIME  EVEN PECKING BACK TO YOU ..PLEASE TAKE MY NAME OFF YOR ROSTER...& IF ANY ONE EVER ASKS i'LL TELL THEM HOW NON CURRENT  & REMOTE & OUTTA TOUCH YOU ARE............I'M IN AWE OF YOUR SO STUPID AN IDEA DON'T YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU ARE BEAMING PEOPLE.?   CHEEZE.....WISHING YOU ALL THE WORST...B. Boland

 

We are amazed that this balloon operator did not follow thru with this lead and that this was the response we received from him about it.  It is rather Obvious that he did not read the comments section and realize that the person did not enter a valid flight date because they did not have one.  They were asking about information on a gift certificate.  It is also obvious that they live close to the area where this balloon operator lives.  Just because the email came from Florida does not mean the potential passengers are in Florida. 

It is unfortunate that this balloon ride operator had his head so far up in the clouds that he did not realize his mistakes.  It is for this reason that we have disabled his booking link.  We did however want people to know of the response we at BalloonRideUS.com got when we tried to forward this request for information.  If we get an apology from this operator we may consider listing him again. If we do not get an apology then we do not consider it to be a great loss.

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