Middle Tennessee · Central Time
November: reserve a three-night balloon trip from Nashville in the fall with a sunrise flight
This is a three-night balloon trip from Nashville in the fall, built around a shared sunrise flight south of the city in early November. You check in to a small inn or hotel in town on Thursday, November 4, 2027, with a room for two people sharing, and check out on Sunday, November 7, 2027. The flight is planned for Friday, November 5, 2027, in a basket of up to six or eight guests, depending on the company, and the pilot makes the final call that morning. Send your dates and the office checks with the balloon company and the lodging, then replies with a quote in writing.
From $670 per person, double occupancy, flight included, lodging tax extra
- Dates
- November 4 to 7, 2027
- Stay
- Three nights
- Flight
- November 5, sunrise
- Leave at
- 6:10 a.m. CT
Friday before dawn on the road to Franklin
On Friday, November 5, 2027, you leave the lodging at 6:10 a.m. Central Time, while the city is still dark. The drive south on I-65 to Franklin takes 30 minutes, and the office plans your meeting with the balloon company for 6:43 a.m. Central Time, thirty minutes before sunrise. The grass can be wet with dew or white with frost this time of year, so pack warm layers, gloves and shoes that can get damp. The pilot reads the wind before anything is unpacked and decides whether the flight goes. If it does, you watch the balloon spread across the ground and slowly fill, then climb into the basket with the other guests. Sunrise comes at 7:13 a.m. Central Time, catching low mist in the hollows and the last copper leaves on the hills. Expect about an hour in the air and about three hours from meeting to the return to your car.
The flight morning, hour by hour
| 6:10 a.m. | Leave your lodging in Nashville |
|---|---|
| 6:43 a.m. | Planned meeting with the balloon company, Franklin area; the company confirms the time the evening before |
| 7:13 a.m. | Sunrise |
| about one hour | In the air |
| about three hours | From meeting to being back at your car |
Sunrise for Franklin; drive 30 minutes from Nashville.
Included in the $670 figure for November 5
- Three 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 shared sunrise flight on November 5, 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 November 5
- The office's written quote for November 4 to 7, 2027, then the confirmation
Not in the figure: road, taxes and tips around November 5
- The drive to Nashville by November 4 and home again, which you arrange
- Tennessee sales tax, Davidson County lodging tax and any city tax on three nights
- A tip for the chase crew on November 5, if you choose to leave one
- Meals and other outings during three nights in Nashville
Three November nights and two spare dawns
This stay suits two people sharing a room who like an early start and would rather see the country from a basket than from a car window. It also suits travelers who are happy to share that basket with up to six or eight guests, depending on the company. Children aged 6 and up can come, and the balloon company asks every flyer for the details it needs before it confirms a place. If cold, dark mornings wear on you, a 6:10 a.m. Central Time departure in November may feel hard. If you want the basket to yourselves, a shared flight is a poor match. The stay leaves two later mornings for the flight if the pilot calls off Friday.
Settled with the balloon company and the lodging
| Nashville lodging | Rate for November 4 to 7, 2027, and whether it holds the room |
|---|---|
| Franklin balloon company | A place in the basket on November 5; 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 | Two later mornings of the stay, asked to be kept open |
| How $670 is built | $325 per person for the flight, plus half of a $230 room night for each of three 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.