How I did it: My grandpa was given the opportunity to do this for his 70th birthday, and he invited my cousin and I along. There were about 10 other people on the balloon with us, and a pilot.
think we were in the air for about an hour and it was pretty cold, but not too bad.
We did this in England and the views were lovely! :)
Oh, and at the end we were all given a glass of champagne. :)

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Lessons & tips: Although I didn't have to pay for myself, I'm under the impression that doing this can be pretty expensive, so I'd say, if you're thinking of doing this in the future, you should plan ahead and maybe save up for a while.
Apart from that, I don't really have any other tips, as I didn't have to organise anything; I was just invited along.

Resources: It was organised by Virgin Balloon Flights.

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