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Virgin Hot Air Balloon Flights

Stowmarket Recreation Ground | off Finborough Road, Stowmarket IP14 1JR, England
0871 663 0047
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1.5 of 5 stars 8 Reviews
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Flackwell Heath, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

Excellent from start to finish. Beautiful evening and a perfect take off thanks to brilliant pilot Mark Shemilt whose knowledge of the terrain was first class. Landing was even more amazing and right next to a pub so a pint aswell as the champagne if you wanted it! Would love to go again.

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Tiverton, United Kingdom
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 May 2012
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we too have been waiting over 2 years to fly and keep getting our trip cancelled! Aerosaurus then fly past our house on the same day- how can that be weather dependent factors? There are very few dates published on the website in which you can book despite being told new dates are added weekly, on average they fly twice... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2012 via mobile
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Whatever you do, don't book this for an occasion such as an anniversary or proposal, or you may never pop the question. Bought this for my girlfriend 2 and a half years ago, and have lost count of the amount of cancellations I've had. We also upgraded at extra cost to be more flexible which didn't help. Beware there are... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2012

We were lucky in that we were able to make the flight at our first attempt and we started our flight from Carlisle Racecourse in beautiful weather and our superb pilot Pete made our adventure complete with his own brand of humour and expertise. We had a fantasic morning and I would certainly like to do this again.

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London
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2012
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We have had the same experience. Flight cancelled because of weather but unable to book anything else with our vouchers as nothing has been available for 4 people on a date,time or location we can get to despite being very flexible and paying even more money to upgrade our vouchers twice to include evenings and weekends. People on the phone... More

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Ipswich, United Kingdom
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 May 2012
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Having read Fmrf 1234 I had to laugh !!!! we are in the same position I bought my partner tickets in September 2009 for his 40th !!! we are still trying!!!! i reacon he will be 50 by the time we get up in the sky! lol. I even took Virgin to small claims court, but because of their small... More

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England
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 April 2012
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I was 2 tickets for virgin ballon flights for my 40th april 2011, I am still trying to get on a flight, they are always cancelled due to weather... some days it has been glorious... but I am not an expert. I tried to cancel it or get it exchanged last Oct and was told I couldnt as I had... More

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Lynsay Symcox, Manager at Virgin Hot Air Balloon Flights, responded to this review
1 May 2012

I am sorry to hear that the weather has not been on your side so far, I appreciate this can be frustrating. Ballooning is very weather dependent and we are unable to fly if conditions are not safe and legal. With regard to the weather, we put safety first at all times and the conditions in which we can fly... More

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 November 2011
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Gneral Virgin Ballonn review. Not specifically Suffolk. We bought 5 vouchers nearly a year ago and still trying to get on a flight. 4 cancellations so far and each time you have to wait months for next available slot. Told we have to have 7 cancellations before refund. ticket expires after one year. They've had money all this time. Rip-off.

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Alexander Ferguson, Manager at Virgin Hot Air Balloon Flights, responded to this review
24 November 2011

Thanks for your review. Sorry to hear that you have been unlucky with the weather and you are not happy with the level of service you have received so far. I hope we can restore your faith in us. As we make clear on our website, ballooning is weather dependant and we will only fly when absolutely safe and legal... More

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