As I had mentioned in my original post I will continue to do it on my own.I am sure there are some reasonably priced outstanding hunting trips but they are by far the exception.You either have an outfitter or landowner who doesn't know what they have or they are not in it for the money.It is all about supply and demand.
The points made about research are absolutely true,it is each hunters responsibility to research their trips thoroughly.Many years ago I was naive and thought there was no way one of my "brethern" would not be straight with me.Of course like most lessons learned the painful ones have the most impact.
It also depends on what a hunter's intentions are.Are you going out of state every year to hunt the same species?Have you found country you really enjoy hunting? That's a do it yourself no brainer,provided we are talking whitetails or similar sized game.If you are only going to go every few years and you want a diversity of different hunting experiences than an outfitter is your best bet,especially so if you are hunting large game that will require Horses,mules or four wheelers to get game out.