And I can easily shop online for the lowest fares or cheapest hotel rates. The sites usually promise the lowest fare available and many offer an added discount for booking online. Of course, the discount is offered because they don't have to pay a commission to a travel agent. Northwest offers weekly deep discounted tickets to special destinations, only available through the Internet. And they offer low-priced package plans, too.
Many hotels offer similar services as well as car rental companies.
But that's only the beginning on the Internet. There are hundreds of travel sites offering group discounts to just about any destination. Various Internet search engines will locate hundreds of useful sites for making travel plans. It's sometimes fun to just browse these sites and dream a bit, even if you don't plan to go anywhere. I have lots of friends in the travel agency business.