here’s how workers are hiding them from their employers

Many workers keep mum about these trips to fend off productivity concerns and tax ramification questions from their employers.

But others told CNBC Travel they stay quiet for different reasons. Each asked CNBC to refrain from publishing their full names to prevent being identified by their employers.

A Singaporean named Alicia said she’s taken several trips without telling her employer.

“It’s easy for me since I don’t have to go to the office, and my manager isn’t even based in the same region,” she said.

Her employer, a tech company in Singapore, also has a 30-day remote working policy, she said. But she hasn’t applied for it because “I’d rather not go through the hassle of applying and getting approvals, which can take weeks.”

She spoke to CNBC Travel during a one-month trip to Thailand, her longest covert trip yet, she said. For other trips, she extended her time away without telling her employer “so as to not burn though … PTO days.”

So far, her trips have all been in Asia, so she can stay on similar time zones to easily attend meetings. To hide her location, she blurs her video call backgrounds, or uses a virtual background, and keeps small talk to a minimum to prevent unwanted questions, she said.

“I don’t like to lie blatantly, and that won’t happen when the questions don’t come,” she said.

Alicia said before traveling she slowly reduced how often she went into the office and joined colleagues for after-work drinks, which has made it easier to slip away for short stints.  

But not everybody has been so lucky.

“I know people who have done [hush trips], and their manager calls for an in-person meeting with a client the day before,” she said. “They would have to book a ticket back ASAP.”

Alicia said one…