Avoid!!!! DO NOT BUY a ticket with this company!!! Believe me, you'll be sorry. Im trying to schedule a ride since 2009, unbelievable!! It's been 3 years trying.  Of course after you had pay $$$$, they don't really care about you. I can't imagine....365 days in a year and I can't get a ride in a balloon.   They always... More

These people operate under several different names and all of them are SCAMS! I am joining a suit against them out of Madison Wisconsin. The company is also called The Great American Balloon Company . Pleases don't waste your Money as they do NOT fly. I live in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin & have not seen one balloon in the air... More

SAVE YOUR MONEY! DO NOT BOOK HERE! My wife and I have been cancelled on account of weather SIX times. Every time you cancel, they have such a long waiting list that you have to wait another month before they can get you rescheduled. Then you get to that day and its 82 degrees, sunny, no wind, and not a... More

My wife bought me a balloon ride from A Great American Ballon Company for my birthday. They are the company that operates out of the Windy City Balloon Port. They take all of the money up front with a no refund policy. The problem is, whenever we called they never flew (pretty much nobody actually does). They always sited weather... More

These people are a complete scam! We purchased a hot air balloon ride with them in May 2008 and have been canceled 5 times. They have yet to fly out of their Chicago locations...EVER! Look online for information on Kent Heitzinger the president, and look at the "F" rating by the Better Business Bureau (under Great American Balloon Company). Don't... More