Hot Air Balloon Index

Standard, deluxe or private basket in Cappadocia: what the extra money buys

The three tiers every Cappadocia operator sells, set against each other on the columns that actually change: how many people share the basket, and how long you are up.

No operator has been checked yet, so this comparison has no prices in it.

The comparison will be built from the same dated rows as the Cappadocia page, not from a separate editorial judgement.

Source and method.

The tier names are the operator’s, not an industry standard, and they mean different things from one company to the next. What they reliably change is two numbers: how many people are in the basket with you, and how many minutes the burner is lit.

Set out as a grid, the question stops being which tier is best and becomes how much a quieter basket and ten more minutes are worth to you.

What this page will hold

Nothing on this page is measured yet. These are the fields we will check, where each one comes from, and how often it gets re-checked. No number is published until the first check is done.

Not checked yet

The dataset planned for this page. Every row is unchecked, so no value is shown.
FieldSourceRe-checked
Typical price per adult by tierMedian of the dated rows on the Cappadocia pageMonthly
Maximum passengers per basket, and compartments, by tierListing text and operator FAQMonthly
Minutes aloft by tierListing text and operator FAQMonthly
What is included: pickup, breakfast, certificate, insuranceListing textMonthly
Refund or rebooking rule on a weather cancellation, quotedOperator terms and conditionsMonthly

Questions

Why does this page have no prices?

Because we have not collected them. The site is published as a plan so the shape of the dataset can be reviewed before any figure appears. Every page is noindex until its rows exist.

Is a private basket worth it?

That is what the grid is for. The honest answer depends on the gap between the tiers at the operator you are looking at, and that gap is wider at some companies than the tier names suggest.

Do you earn money from the links?

We may, once a programme is live. No booking link on this site is live today, and no programme we join changes which operators are listed or how they are ordered.