Meet Our Team
Becky Luka
Owner of Tour Group Planners, Becky has been in the travel business over 28 years. Her travel career began as a hotel front desk clerk in Columbus, Ohio while attending Travel School.
Becky put her career on hold to stay home and raise her two children. For 13 years Becky worked from home arranging individual and group travel.
Becky enjoys the trip planning process and working with her clients.
Joe Luka
Joe is the Chief Financial Officer and a Tour Leader for Tour Group Planners. He has 27 years experience in the financeincluding accounting, auditing, and tax.
Joe has been leading group trips with Becky for over 24 years. He is an experienced rail traveler - he's traveled on all Amtrak routes many times and has ridden the rails in Canada and Europe.
As you can guess, Joe's hobby is trains, both model and real-life. Joe is also active in his church missions, specifically working in Haiti.
Contact: Joe@TourGroupPlanners.com
Judy McElfresh
Judy hails from Norwalk, Connecticut. At 21 she bought a one-way ticket and moved to Hawaii. She stayed for 11 1/2 years in Honolulu, then Los Angeles and finally transferred to Chicago.
Marriage brought her to Decatur where she worked for Franklin Travel since 1982. In 2007, she joined Bill Owen at Tour Group Pro, now known as Tour Group Planners.
Judy enjoys her family, travel & animals, and is an avid reader.
Dawn Adrian
Dawn started with Tour Group Planners in June 2018. New to the travel industry, she is ready to assist with your next trip!
Dawn is a people person and would love for you to call and say "hi".
Dawn also works as the Administrative Assistant at her small country church near Assumption. Married to her high school sweetheart for over 25 years, Dawn is the mother of three teenagers.
She likes to sing, bake, cook, quilt, crochet and cross-stitch.
Contact: Dawn@TourGroupPlanners.com