Date when an entity was incorporated

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- Definition

Additional Number Of Hotels Classified As Held For Sale

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- Definition

Average annual net operating income in excess of investments in hotels, percentage.

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- Definition

Base management fee received on gross hotel revenues by managing related parties, percentage.

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- Definition

Economy extended-stay hotels owned, managed by related parties number of units.

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Hotels owned, managed by related parties, number of operating states

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Hotels owned, managed by related parties number of units.

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- Definition

Impact Of Assets Reclassification To Increase Losses From Continuing Operation

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Incentive fee percent fee.

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- Definition

Management fee received on hotel net operating income by managing related parties, percentage.

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- Definition

Number of hotels held for sale.

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Number of hotels reclassified as held for use.

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Number of hotels sold.

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Number of properties held by related parties.

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Number of properties own.

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- Definition

The number of units or percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the LLC or LP.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher AICPA

-Name Practice Bulletin (PB)

-Number 14

-Paragraph 15

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Topic 272

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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The number of units (items of property) under operating lease arrangements.

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This item represents the conversion ratio used in the calculation of a stock split.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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General (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended																	6 Months Ended						12 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
General (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2013 property	Mar. 31, 2013 property	Jun. 30, 2012 property	Jun. 30, 2013 property	Jun. 30, 2012 property	Jun. 30, 2013 SPPR-South Bend, LLC [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 SPPR-BMI, LLC [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 SPPR-BMI, LLC [Member] SPPR-BMI Holdings, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 SPPR-BMI Holdings, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 SPPR Holdings, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Supertel Hospitality Management, Inc [Member] Supertel Hospitality, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Supertel Limited Partnership [Member] Supertel Hospitality REIT Trust [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 SPPR-Hotels, LLC [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 SPPR-Hotels, LLC [Member] SPPR Holdings, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 SPPR-Dowell LLC [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 SPPR-Dowell LLC [Member] SPPR-Dowell Holdings, Inc [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 SPPR-Dowell Holdings, Inc [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Solomons Beacon Inn Limited Parternship [Member] Supertel Hospitality, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Solomons Beacon Inn Limited Parternship [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 TRS Leasing, Inc [Member] property	Jun. 30, 2013 Hospitality Management Advisors, Inc. [Member] property	Jun. 30, 2013 Strand Development Company LLC [Member] property	Jun. 30, 2013 Kinseth Hotel Corporation [Member] property	Jun. 30, 2013 Cherry Cove Hospitality Management, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 HLC Hotels Inc [Member] property	Jun. 30, 2013 Sppr Hotels Sppr South Bend Sppr Bmi Sppr Dowell Llc [Member] property	Dec. 31, 2012 Scenario, Previously Reported [Member] property	Jun. 30, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member] security	Dec. 31, 2012 Subsequent Event [Member] Changes Reflected In Previous Adjustment [Member] property	Jun. 30, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member] Changes Reflected In The Current Adjustment [Member] property	Dec. 31, 2012 Subsequent Event [Member] Changes Reflected In The Current Adjustment [Member] property
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of hotels held for sale	26		26	26																							22
Additional Number Of Hotels Classified As Held For Sale																													7		8
Number of hotels reclassified as held for use																															1
Number of hotels sold	8	2	13	10	15																									10
Impact of assets reclassification to increase losses from continuing operation	$ (155,000)		$ (192,000)
Reverse stock split ratio																												0.125
Entity incorporation, date of incorporation				Aug. 23, 1994
Number of hotels company having interests in	66			66
Number of properties held by related parties																				51						10
Holding interest						100.00%	99.00%	1.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	99.00%	99.00%	1.00%	99.00%	1.00%	100.00%	1.00%	99.00%
Number of hotels owned																				76
Base management fee received on gross hotel revenues by managing related parties, percentage																					3.50%	3.50%	3.50%	3.50%	5.00%
Annual incentive fee																									10.00%
Average annual net operating income in excess of investments in hotels, percentage																									10.50%
Number of hotels managed by related parties																					20	13	33		2
Number of extended-stay hotels managed by related parties																						7
Number of operating states of hotels managed by related parties																							8
Management fee received on hotel net operating income by managing related parties, percentage																					2.25%	2.25%	2.25%	2.25%