Good options available. Would have given a higher star rating if when paying for the Ballooning experience you could see the available dates on Your site. Couldn't confirm a date until you had made t... See more
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Trending experiences, perfect to gift. At RedBalloon we believe that experiences are better than things. Because while things can age, experiences have a way of getting even better over time. Experiences connect us. They expand our minds and help us grow. Experiences are the memories we find ourselves repeating to our friends for years on end. The best part about experiences is that they don’t just live in our minds. They live in our hearts too. For good. Imagine being about to give that to someone. A gift that offers someone a new perspective on the world, like gliding gracefully through a sunrise in a hot air balloon. Or the gift of a Lamborghini ride that makes hearts race and forces people to remember that life is about feeling. Our curated experiences are the gifts that last forever. So next time you’re stuck looking for a gift, there’s a new and memorable experience for every occasion at RedBalloon.
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Super easy to navigate and book , only downfall it wouldn't allow my code for $25 off to be used
I received a gift voucher - could not find any experience that interested me but the company does not offer refunds. So I decided to just gift it to someone. The ‘experience’ that mildly interested them was almost double the price they had just paid cash. This is a rubbish gift, never buy one. Have not been able to redeem it for anything worthwhile. Just a huge rip off. And don’t offer the 14 day refund on vouchers because I wanted a cash refund which you refuse to do. I can’t ask for a refund on a voucher that I didn’t buy because I can’t find an experience I actually want to do in a location that I can actually access.

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I didn't end up booking anything because there was never any dates suitable. I tried 3 times with no luck. Very frustrating.

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Can't make ny booking as you have a time frame...most inconvenient as I need certain dates!

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The booking site could be clearer. We wanted a gift voucher for a friend to give in a weeks time. The booking site looked like confirmation would be emailed to the birthday boy immediately. Finally found your phone number and spoke to Alex. All now sorted.

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The boat drivers was so funny, made it great. I wouldnt bring young kids on this. We had a girl about 10, and she cried and screamed so much we had to turn around. The driver handled it well

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Not enough online booking info about dates & how your system operates so quite clunky

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Was easy to purchase as it was a gift for a colleague very fast to receive and print out voucher saved a lot of time

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Upon using the voucher. The supplier had no available dates for red balloon vouchers for over a month.

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I was given a $100 gift voucher for my 70th birthday. I had a bit of a look around for what to use it for. Signed up with Red Balloon to get emails and offers. Saw some activities I might be interested in that were on special. When I tried to book I find out I can’t use my voucher with any activity that is discounted. I can’t understand how a gift card for $100 that costs $100 can’t be used for that amount if the item is on a discount. I think the card was purchased from Office Works, I just looked on their website and there is no mention of this condition. My advice is if you want to give someone an experience give them cash not a RedBalloon voucher.

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Was gifted a red balloon voucher, the process was easy and fuss free to redeem on line, the only issue I had was there were so many food/experiences to choose from.
Overall experience was great

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Mostly good but found it annoying to type in such a long code to change the voucher
Also not clear initially how to do this
Some experiences seem to be very expensive eg pick up your own picnic items for over $200!

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I made a purchase for the shark experience for a weekday. Of the weekdays, the shark experience is actually only open on a Friday so that was quite limiting. It took approximately eight emails to establish what I wanted to do which was simply add-on more money to make it available on the weekend. It also took two phone calls.

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Absolute pain to book with a voucher, plus the extra cost through you lot and the Mastercard. I would personally never have anything to do with it again if I were to gift an experience I would just go direct, plus never recommend buy someone a voucher!

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