The Problem With Keeping Your ‘Hush Trips’ From Employers
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Remote workers are taking more trips with their laptops, but preferring not to reveal where they've headed to their bosses. It sounds like fun, but in the long term it may not be that great for them, or their employers.
Remote workers don’t always want to disclose their location to employers, with growing numbers taking so-called “hush trips.”
Who’s to blame them? Hospitality brands are making it easier than ever to work from anywhere, from better equipped desks to attractive pricing. Couple this with rising housing costs across most cities, temptation is just a click away. Forbes even tips them to be the newest travel trend in 2023.
But with the ongoing debate about who should be returning to the office and a recession on the horizon, experts warn the phenomenon isn’t healthy for either party.
Setting Up ShopU.S. based vacation rental management company Grand Welcome is one of many hospitality firms seeing a rise in hush trips.
“We have guests checking in for unusually long times. The average length of stay in Lake Tahoe was four or five days, but people are checking in for 10 days,” said CEO Brandon Ezra. “In many cases it’s a vacatio
