Cheers Over California accepts only genuine Cheers Over California ride certificates.

There are a number of national gift certificate sellers operating on the internet. Though these operations may seem to be legitimate balloon companies, they do not own balloons or have any hot air balloon pilots directly employed by them. These companies sell you the certificates, then leave it up to you to find and deal with a genuine operator who actually accepts those certificates...sometimes hundreds of miles from where you thought you would get your ride. They even list local business address' on their sites which usually turn out to be bars or invalid altogether. We recommend that you deal directly with a local operator who has a legitimate postal address (check it) in the area you wish to fly and speak to a real person about your launch site options and then get it in writing. You will get a better rate and avoid the pitfalls associated with buying from a certificate only seller.