"We spent £85k and took our kids out of school to go travelling for a whole year

A couple rented out their home and took their kids out of school to go on a year-long £85k around-the-world family trip.

Dennis Horstman Maassen, 51, and wife, Sheila, 45, de-registered as citizens of the Netherlands to legally remove children, Oz, eight, and Zola, six, from school.

The family took trains, hire cars, boats, buses and planes through 14 countries - including Ireland, New Zealand, Japan and Hawaii.

They spent around €100-a-night on Airbnb and hotel accommodation and their biggest one-off expense was around-the-world plane tickets costing €15k.

And while many are saving money for the future, the family decided to spend it on a around-the-world trip.

Dennis says that because of rising costs it was "cheaper" for them to travel than stay at home.