A growing number of Canadian families are embarking on round-the-world trips with their kids — here's how you can make it work.

Geoff and Patty Turnquist are leaving their jobs for now and have sold their home in Alberta's Peace Country region -- along with many of their possessions -- to embark on a nearly year-long trek around the globe with their children.

Herman and Candelaria Zapp never imagined when they set out on a six month road trip to drive from Argentina to Alaska that they’d arrive back home more than 17 years later.