THE EDUCATOR’S TRAVEL PRIMER: Youth Tour Operators

About the Authors
Mr. Lance Harvey is an attorney and was
raised in the educational tour field, with nearly
three decades of industry experience. He
graduated from Emory University (BA, 1992)
and was the Leon Jaworski Scholar and
highest-ranking member of Baylor Law
School (JD 1995). Lance served on the Board
of Directors of the largest student travel
organization in the country and practiced law
at the national firm of Andrews & Kurth, LLP.
Lance assembled a team of the industry’s top
experts and founded School Tours of
America in 2002. Over the last 10 years,
Lance has worked with administrators,
superintendents and teachers to create
innovative learning experiences for Catholic
youth while protecting the school, chaperones
and diocese.
Ms. Karyl Davis is an attorney and former
educator. Prior to going to law school, Karyl
was the Peer Education Coordinator for the
University of Alabama Women’s Resource
Center. Karyl has served on the board of the
Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
Foundation for the past 6 years and is the
Immediate Past President. She graduated
from the University of Alabama School of
Law where she was an editor of the Law
Review, a Public Interest Board Member, a
Dean’s Scholar, and upon graduation received
the Dean's Community Service Award and the
James E. Morrisette Constitutional Law
Award. In addition to her law degree, Karyl
graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor
of Arts degree from Carson-Newman College
in English and Communication Studies and
summa cum laude with a Master of Arts
degree from the University of Alabama in
Communication Studies
About School Tours of America
School Tours of America is a full-service
educational tour company. Our programs
create traveling classrooms for American
youth to the actual locations of historical
significance, giving students the ultimate
opportunity to experience first-hand our
nation’s centers of history, government,
culture and commerce. Our most popular
destinations include Washington DC, New
York City, Colonial Virginia, Boston,
Philadelphia and Orlando.
STA is truly a unique company. After building
two of the nation’s largest and most
successful student tour companies, ten of the
industries most respected and innovative
veterans joined forces in 2002 to offer a fresh,
new concept in student travel based on
customization.
Personal tour coordinators create learning
experiences based on curriculum goals, tour
preferences, master guides, restaurants, hotels
and flight schedules. Partnered with Adams
State University, teachers leading the trips can
earn graduate credit while students can earn
undergraduate credit or leadership credentials
for their college portfolio. To learn more
about STA, please visit:
www.schooltoursofamerica.com
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THE EDUCATOR’S TRAVEL PRIMER: Selecting a Youth Tour Operator