I looked at balloon rides near my house, they are $750 for 2 people, $1000 for 4 people. I told DH that I wanted to do Characters in Flight just to see if it was worth saving money to do the real thing in the future. I really liked it and will do it again anytime the weather lets me. I no longer have a desire to go on a hot air balloon ride, I didn't love it enough to spend $750-$1000 on it.