Karen Tooley, the owner of History Tours, has been traveling to and in Europe for more than twenty years, and she has lived there for several stints, with her husband, Hunt Tooley.  She has amassed a multitude of travel experiences in this time, from surviving floods on the River Rhine to having a baby (which she does not recommend, at least for a shorter stay!).  She has been organizing group travel off and on since the late eighties, and for the last six years, she has assisted numerous college and highschool teachers in creating exciting study trips.  She has made arrangements for trips to Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Australia, Canada, and the United States (whew!).  She is the former owner of  The Tea Room, in Due West, South Carolina, and the author of The Tea Room Cookbook.

Hunt Tooley, who assists Karen when he is not teaching, is Professor of History at Austin College, a fine liberal arts college in Sherman, Texas.  He, too, has had much experience in Europe.  He has led many study trips, ranging from homeschool groups and high school students to study trips for college students to Austin College Alumni Trips and other group tours.  His historical interests relate to modern Europe, and among his publications is The Western Front: Battleground and Home Front in the First World War, which came out in 2003.  He is especially involved in History Tours planning when a military history tour is afoot.  You can, if you are interested, visit his Austin College web pages.