Bare in mind, most guided hunts are 3-5 days. A person does not have to give up hunting his current area and methods. He/she can still pursue the local deer population. Going on a guided hunt is just another opportnity to see some different land and different critters. Perhaps you can tag an animal that is of a different quality than what you see in your area. Certainly the opportunity to see as many as 10 quality bucks per session, on stand, is unique, at least for me.
Like I said, I had a blast, 4 of us went down to Texas, so it was like a mini- extension of our PA Deer Camp. This was a break from the usual solitude of my Archery season.
Actually where we went it was a 4 day hunt. The first 2 days we spent in a remote lodge. The "Guide" took us there the night we arrived, told us where the stands were and we all picked a stand, sight unseen. He told us how to get to the one we picked and that was the extent of the guiding. He went back to the main lodge -some 40 miles away- and we were on our own. He left us 2 trucks.
I was the only one to score from the remote lodge as we were somewhat picky. However the evening when I took Dad to the stand I got my deer from was priceless. I sat with him, we had bucks everywhere and trying to decide which if any to take was awesome. We decided to pass on all of them that evening and he eventually scored on a nice buck from the main lodge.
As a bonus, I got to hog hunt, which i've never done, and while I didn't score I did get to see some.
One of the most interersting things was when the Main man asked me to get some Turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. He gave me a left handed (I'm right handed) old remington 1100 and 1 yes 1 shotgun shell and told me to get 4 young hens. Believe me or not. I did get 3 young hens with 1 shot. There were hundreds and hundreds of Turkey that converged on the area once daylight hit. In fact Johnny Houston did a show from that very ground-blind, but he didn't shoot the turkey he just jumped out and scared them all.

It was different expirience and well worth the money and I didn't have to give up my normal hunting at home or at camp.