If the only thing you want to do is redirect the user after form submission, just set the #redirect property of the form.
$form['#redirect'] = 'my/custom/path';
Alternatively, you could call your form with a parameter:
http://example.com/my/form?destination=my/custom/path
If you want to do some more advanced processing, I would put the additional information you want to add in a form element of type 'value', and it will be available in the form validation and submit handlers without ever appearing to the user.
$form['my_custom_path'] = 'my/custom/path';