8/11/2019 beautiful evening for a ride. Lasted over a hour in the air but seemed like minutes, Mark…read morepointed out local highlights and explained about flying.

From the owner: We are a locally owned and operated hot air balloon company…read more When you contact us you will be dealing directly with the pilot/owner who'll will be taking you on your flight. Let us take you on a ride like no other you've had before. Gently gliding with the breeze over a panoramic vista of the beautiful Hershey countryside.

Vince Greeted us bright and early with pleasantries and an upbeat demeanor. Successfully keeping us…read moreon schedule, pre sunrise was a bit more strictly business, very professional and well equipped we got underway without delay. The ride was nothing shy of breathtaking and absolutely amazing. Smooth sailing all the way. Ended on a high note, even after being safely returned to our starting point. Concluding with Friendly banter, a celebratory glass of champagne and a proud pilot recanting the flight from a technical perspective. Team effort on their part made our experience something to remember.

My husband and I had the pleasure of enjoying a Hot Air Balloon ride one morning. The balloon crew…read morewere very professional and friendly and answered all our questions. This was a ride around Limerick and Collegeville and Schwenksville Pennsylvania. We watched as they filled the Balloon up and we took off! This would make a great gift to make most people happy. Unless you are afraid of heights. At the end of the ride they gave us Champagne. It is something I will never forget and was glad to have the experience. Highly recommend!

[984] WOW. What an…read moreamazing experience. I'm afraid of heights and I agreed to go and I'm so glad that I did as you don't even notice the heights. Almost like being on an airplane. We went for a sunrise experience and enjoyed looking over the land as the sun rose. The balloon is huge and the basket is large so you feel safe except you are high above the ground. After the ride they office a drink and snacks as we all discuss the trip. Our basket had about 11-12 people. It was tight so you pretty much had your small area and that's it. No walking back and forth in the basket. The basket is divided into two sides so I was across from my husband and son. My advice is to make sure you wear RAIN boots as we landed in a open field which obviously was occupied by cows. Tons of cow poop that everyone stepped in. I loved the experience and would do it again especially at sunrise.

Almost 1000% sure this place is a scam. I paid for a hot air balloon ride with my boyfriend nearly…read moretwo years ago while visiting Lancaster. The ride was canceled due to high winds (fine, safety first), but rescheduling was borderline impossible since we're from out of state. To this day we've never been able to reschedule, never got the ride, and never received a refund or even a response from anyone. It feels completely unprofessional and I would strongly advise against giving this business your money. And on the off chance this place is actually real... call me

We recently had the pleasure of spending a day with AE Balloon Flights, about 3000 feet up and…read moreabove York and Lancaster, PA. Everything about the day was wonderful! The day starts (early!), as AE sets up the balloon. It's really awesome, in the true sense of the word, to watch the balloon become your primary means of not smashing into the ground :) The ride itself was gorgeous-- the leaves were starting to change, and the peace and tranquility you feel up in the air is really impossible to describe. After the ride -- which included an expert landing in a farmer's field (!), we enjoyed a little party with the owner and his crew, courtesy of AE Balloon. I HIGHLY recommend AE Balloon for a safe and unforgettable day! On a customer service note: my husband purchased this ride for me (MANY!) years ago. The owner was gracious enough to extend us the courtesy of using the gift certificate, notwithstanding how old it was. That's customer service at its finest!

We purchased a gift certificate for my dad for his 50th birthday in 2011 and he has yet to take a…read moreride! He has scheduled EIGHT different times, however, all have been canceled by this company. For the last cancellation, the owner stated the night before that the ride was canceled because he was going on vacation. Who decides to go on vacation the night before a flight? This company is a total scam! DO NOT BOOK WITH THIS COMPANY!

My friend bought tickets for him and me for this event after we heard about it on Facebook and saw…read morethe bright, beautiful photos on the event page. For something that's called a "balloon and wine festival" that lasts nine hours, there were no balloons for 7 hours of their 9 hours of operation and no wine tasting. You pay by the glass ($6) or by the bottle. A wine festival does not have just four wines; the range of wines on the Triple Creek Winery website has far more wines than what they offered at the festival. No other wine types. It's extremely misleading. There are vendors that sell arts, crafts, jewelry, Maryland flags painted on wood ($200), and Solar City was even there to sell you energy-efficient solar panels! There's also a gutter-cleaning service ready to explain their products to you. Good grief. Note that these vendors likely paid the festival organizers to have a table/presence at the festival and thus the potential of thousands of future customers. You're paying $20 and fees to be sold the chance that the hot air balloons might go up. $35 on-site parking or $5 off-site parking with a shuttle (a school bus). If you get there at noon, you'll sit around for 8 hours for balloons. These folks cast a wide net for the term "weather permitting," which means anything more than a 6 mph wind the balloons cannot go up. The balloons evidently did go up around 7:30 pm, and the event ends at 9 pm, so that's your window in but there's no way of knowing ahead of time. It's just roll of dice. You go in that sweet window, you're happy; you don't, you're disappointed. My friend spoke to the man in charge/owner, a bellicose man who sternly said that he doesn't know when the wind will die down, and he has no control over it, but he certainly was counting cash as it rolled in from otherwise duped visitors. He told us rudely that we were free to leave and that no refunds will be given. Then he said we should go listen to the live music, which was a local artist singing to no audience. He then randomly mentioned 6,000 visitors on Friday. Seeing all of the disappointed reviews from dozens of others who came to the event page on Facebook and the winery's own page on Facebook to express their concerns about this event being a waste or time, misleading, and overpriced led me to wonder if there was a Yelp page; there wasn't until now. The signage for parking was poor, the communication was lacking and extremely poor, the festival website is confusing and disorganized. I have already informed friends and family that this is a waste of money and time. The festival, and the organizers, are full of hot air. Volunteers are staffed at the location. I'm happy that they do have satisfied visitors but I was certainly not one of them. We drove an hour and half to get there. Definitely not worth it.

Returned to give this event a second chance after being very disappointed last year…read more Parking: This year they had you park in the lot and they tractor trailer you over to the event. The ride over went fairly quick, but the giant line to return to your car at the end of the event was unbearable. We walked through the mud and across the road to get back to our car. They provided no walkway path for people who chose to walk over waiting behind 200 + people waiting for a tractor that holds 20 (they had 2 tractors running). We dodged cars, a tractor, and massive amounts of mud - in the dark. Food: The lines moved much quicker this year. This was possibly because they were fewer people than last year. It did seem like they had a few more food vendors. Wine: They upped the bottles to $25. This is not a $25 kind of wine. A few hours into the event they told us people could no longer buy bottles. There were only now only selling wine by the glass. Clearly this was so they could make more money. They are a winery. If they didn't have a supply of wine - they shouldn't be having a festival. This is the second day of a three day festival. Why are you not able to sell bottles? The people selling the wine were very nice. The blackberry wine taste was not consistent. Sometimes sweet and thick. Other times watered down. Limited selection. Vendors - Almost everything this year was political. No matter what your views - you should be able to attend an event without having to look at political things. Mostly tshirts and signs of. Almost no actual art or crafts. The coordinators of this event need to select vendors who are being inclusive - or be transparent on your website that you are a political event. Most of the other things for sale were the same mass produced manufactured things as last year. Balloons - What balloons? As others said - there were no balloons for the entire day. The started to inflate around 8:15 and they started deflating around 8:45. There were not 30 balloons. There were 9. The balloons could not go up because of the wind. That is understandably nomomews faukt. They lit up the balloons to make them glow instead. They let you walk around the balloons as they glowed. Not as cool as seeing them in the air - but it was a gyeat alternative! Walking around the balloons during the day would have been cool too. It's a balloon festival. We should've been able to view balloons during the day as well - even if they never left the ground. The half inflated balloon that you could PAY EXTRA to walk inside of does not count. We paid to get into a balloon festival. That should have been included. The website said no pets - but there were multiple people there with dogs. They had only one band. It did not play until very late in the day. The band had one sound that they used to butchered a variety of 80s songs. We appreciated the long break they took. There should have been live music all day. The website implies that there will be live music all day - this is not true. They need to be transparent and say there's one band and what time it plays - or deliver live music throughout the day. The portapot bathrooms were fairly clean! This was a highlight. Overall - I think the event was slightly better than last year. 1.5 stars. I think a lot of the improvement had to do with there being a smaller crowd. We arrived around 3 and there were tractors full of people already leaving the event. There is no reentry. They were leaving. People seemed to come and go the whole time me were there. Those leaving at 3 were not happy. There was little to do if you did not want to sit and chill under a canopy you brought yourself OR sit under the muddy communal canopy that was provided this year (something that was not last year). To sum it up - "meh!" This event has so much potential - yet they have not figured it out. The group planning this event needs to reach out to an event planner they have not worked with before. They should attend other events to learn what works and what doesn't. Having an all day event where nothing happens until hours into the event - does not work. 8:30 - 8:40 PM was great - but we arrived at 3. Sell bottles of wine - don't fake a need to ration and sell only by the glass. Add actual crafts people who are selling hand made things. Remove anything political (for sale or other) that divides any one group from another. Hold an event that is inclusive for all.

This was my 3rd flight with Air Ventures. It was a wonderful experience again! The crew and pilots…read moreare super friendly and knowledgeable. It is sooo peaceful up there, and the views are spectacular from up there. I highly recommend Air Ventures. It's a last a lifetime memory!

What an amazing experience. Pilot Sangram and team are so knowledgeable. We loved the stories about…read morethe history of hot air ballooning. Landing was precise and smooth; gorgeous flight flew by. Debbie and team were really accommodating with the reservation. This was our first flight of many.

My daughter and I attended the Chesapeake Bay Balloon and Wine Festival on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2018…read more The event itself was poorly organized and run but we figured we would take a hot air balloon ride to save the day. We attempted to sign up with Pilot Ron Broderick who was rude to us, at best. Pilot Ron was dismissive of our request to go for ride. He advised us it was full but there are no shows so we wrote our names an cells down just in case. We went back to check as the time became closer for the ride and tried to talk to Pilot Ron. Again, he dismissed us as pesky children. For $240 per person per ride, I thought, Pilot Ron would show a modicum of respect. Needless to say, we didn't stay around and won't be riding in a Friendship Hot Air Balloon any time soon.

Take your money elsewhere. The owner, Ron Broderick, is very rude and unprofessional.read more

Even though we were rescheduled 3 times because of the weather, we had a great time when we were…read morefinally able to go (6/30/15). I went with my friend Nicole and we had a complete blast with our pilot and crew (the family that flew with us wasn't as fun though). Kyle and his crew were super nice and very entertaining! We got to see a lot of farm land and it was a really great morning for a balloon ride. I would absolutely recommend riding with US Hot Air Balloon Team in Pottstown!

Experience overall the experience was amazing. The staff were very helpful , friendly and very…read morereasuring on our safety. Not once was I worried about the flight. The price per person was acceptable due to the exchange for an hour in the sky. Stan our Pilot was great in keeping us entertained our whole ride. Only down fall was the distance. It took us 2 1/2 to get there. Besides this, will definitely be coming back.