Hot Air Expeditions Blog

The tradition of a champagne toast after a hot air balloon ride dates back to the 1780’s when hot air balloons first took flight. The first manned hot air balloon flight took place on November [...]

This sunset hot air balloon flight season has been a fun one full of smiles, laughs and incredible memories made up, up and away together. We can’t thank you enough for choosing to share your [...]

Happy International Women’s Day! First taking place in 1911, this important day occurs on March 8th each year and celebrates women’s social, economic, cultural and political achievements. Now [...]

Why Arizona Features recently visited us up, up and away to get the scoop on all things ballooning. In this episode, Hot Air Expeditions Owners Amanda and Stephanie Long are talking about being a [...]

Holiday Up, Up and Away! Seriously, nothing fills our hearts more than the grins, laughs and special moments shared among the clouds. Because we love what we do, we’re open 365 days a year, [...]

Phoenix, AZ – September 5, 2018 – Hot Air Expeditions is proud to announce that it has been awarded the “People Love Us On Yelp” Award for 2018. This achievement celebrates local businesses that [...]

How can you not be inspired by Oprah? Her story is compelling and inspiring. She’s a dreamer, a believer that anything is possible. Though sometimes it doesn’t feel like our dreams are [...]

Put down the phone, we repeat, put down the phone! This can be a very hard task (for all of us!), in our constantly connected world, where we need things now, and instant gratification is the [...]

PHOENIX, AZ – June 13, 2018 – Hot Air Expeditions, known for providing upscale hot air ballooning experiences in Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ, today announced that it has received the TripAdvisor [...]

We are sad to see them go, but due to the rising afternoon temperatures and weather instability that brings, our sunset flight season has come to a close. Not to worry, these fun flights will be [...]