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.
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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