Middle Tennessee · Central Time
Two nights in April: reserve a Brentwood hot air balloon ride package
This Brentwood hot air balloon ride package gives two people sharing a room two nights at a small inn or hotel in Brentwood, Tennessee, from Thursday, April 15, 2027, to Saturday, April 17, 2027. Brentwood lies in Williamson County between Nashville and Franklin, and the meeting area is a short drive south in Franklin. On Friday you join a shared sunrise flight with a local balloon company, in a basket of up to six or eight guests, depending on the company, with about an hour in the air. You send a request, the office asks the balloon company and the lodging for space on those dates, and a written quote comes back.
From $460 per person, double occupancy, flight included, lodging tax extra
- Dates
- April 15 to 17, 2027
- Stay
- Two nights
- Flight
- April 16, sunrise
- Leave at
- 5:25 a.m. CT
Friday before dawn, south to Franklin
On Friday, April 16, 2027, you walk out of the lodging at 5:25 a.m. Central Time into the dark and an April chill. The drive south from Brentwood to Franklin takes 15 minutes, and the office plans your meeting with the balloon company for 5:44 a.m. Central Time. Your quote comes from an office on Eastern Time, so keep in mind that Middle Tennessee is one hour behind Pembroke Pines. At the meeting area the balloon is spread out on the grass, and the pilot reads the wind before saying whether the flight goes ahead. Sunrise comes at 6:14 a.m. Central Time. Once the basket lifts, the low light runs across rolling pasture, new green on the fencerows, redbud and dogwood in flower along the fence lines and mist sitting in the hollows. You spend about an hour in the air and are back at your car about three hours after the meeting time.
The flight morning, hour by hour
| 5:25 a.m. | Leave your lodging in Brentwood |
|---|---|
| 5:44 a.m. | Planned meeting with the balloon company, Franklin area; the company confirms the time the evening before |
| 6:14 a.m. | Sunrise |
| about one hour | In the air |
| about three hours | From meeting to being back at your car |
Sunrise for Franklin; drive 15 minutes from Brentwood.
Included in the $460 figure for April 16
- Two nights 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 shared sunrise flight on April 16, 2027, in a shared basket of up to six or eight guests, depending on the company
- The ride back from the landing field to the Franklin meeting place on April 16
- The office's written quote for April 15 to 17, 2027, then the confirmation
Not in the figure: road, taxes and tips around April 16
- The drive to Brentwood by April 15 and home again, which you arrange
- Tennessee sales tax, Williamson County lodging tax and any city tax on two nights
- A tip for the chase crew on April 16, if you choose to leave one
- Meals and other outings during two nights in Brentwood
Redbud weekend between Nashville and Franklin
This stay suits two people sharing a room who can set an alarm well before dawn and who enjoy the company of a shared basket, with other guests looking out over the same fields. It also suits travelers who want a quiet base between Nashville and Franklin and a quick drive on flight morning. Think twice if a 5:25 a.m. Central Time departure feels too early, or if you would rather have a basket to yourselves. Spring weather can turn, and if the pilot calls off Friday, Saturday morning is the single later chance before you check out. 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.
Settled with the balloon company and the lodging
| Brentwood lodging | Rate for April 15 to 17, 2027, and whether it holds the room |
|---|---|
| Franklin balloon company | A place in the basket on April 16; 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; a shared price assumes an average passenger |
| Weather date | One later morning of the stay, asked to be kept open |
| How $460 is built | $325 per person for the flight, plus half of a $135 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.