[aerodog]

Wow, you had agencies and friends to do these things for you?

[do_not_redeem]

Travel agents were quite common in ye olden days before the internet.

[IYasha]

There are plenty of them today. Though agency-organized trip is times more expensive.

[dylan604]

Yes, and good ones were worth every penny. You can book things online for yourself, but what do you know about the area you are visiting? An agent can recommend things that you would never even think of as being something needing consideration. Even just a phone number to call if you get in a bind.

[lupire]

This was the "concierge" industry which was Google for us dinosaurs.