Fly Ohio Ballooning Inc.

"Sadly the same experience as most on here. We paid up front and scheduled for the next week, but Bob cancelled on us the night before. We scheduled for the next weekend which he again cancelled the night before. He offered for the following weekend, which I accepted, but he never responded after that with confirmation. Seeing lots of reasons regarding health, but if you're too sick to fly, then don't accept people's money. I too have requested a refund and called multiple times with no response. $600 down the drain. You're better off giving your money to a charity if you want to take a balloon ride with Fly Ohio Ballooning."

"It has been two years and we have not had our flight yet. DO NOT pre-pay for a flight as it will be a waste of money. I have been trying to reschedule my flight, but am getting no help from Fly Ohio. I'm the one reaching out to see what dates are available rather than the company contacting me to let me know what will be available. Now, Bob Scobee has stopped responding to me. I have been nothing but nice and understanding in the two years trying to schedule our flight. I see the balloons in the sky out in Marysville frequently, but cannot get answers to my texts or emails. All I want now is a refund. Again, DO NOT pre pay for a flight with this company!"

"My wife scheduled a flight in July for me for my birthday and another couple for their anniversary and paid in full in advance. That was our first mistake. Our first flight was canceled due to weather which is understandable but when we tried to reschedule we were ghosted for 10 days. After several unanswered calls and emails Bob finally responded and we scheduled another flight which was once again canceled the evening before. This happened several more times and we finally demanded a refund to which he said absolutely not. After my wife informed him that we were prepared to file a small claims against him and if we were successful we would then file a lien against his business he then contacted us and said he could take us the next morning but he didn't have enough flight crew to land and deflate the balloon unless we could help. Reluctantly we decided to give it one last try and actually took our flight. I would absolutely recommend taking a balloon ride but DEFINITELY NOT WITH THIS COMPANY!! Do your research, read the reviews and check out the BBB also."

"I booked a flight with bob at the end of June 2023. Paid 650.00 up front. we scheduled 5 different times with Bob. our ride was cancelled each time by bob for many reasons including in hospital, at Dr. office, out of town. After 5 weeks of back and forth and him completely ignoring us for 10 days and given the above excuses. we threated to take him to small claims court with copies of all the text and all of his excuses. Then we became a priority and got our awkward ride. it was beautiful but didnt enjoy as much as we should have because of all the trouble. when considering this company do not pay in full up front. he has more excuses than flights i believe."

"This was the most memorable ride of a lifetime. I originally had a ride scheduled for a proposal flight in September and they stayed in communication to get the ride done for me since we had to cancel for weather and I couldn’t have asked for better service. Bob and Russ were fantastic. This is the ONLY place I would recommend for a hot air balloon ride."