Investment In Hotel Properties (Condensed Pro Forma Financial Data) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012
Investment In Hotel Properties [Abstract]
Pro Forma Total Revenues	$ 90,291		$ 84,359		$ 254,112		$ 242,196
Pro Forma Income from Continuing Operations	5,831		3,378		18,775		2,336
(Loss) Income from Discontinued Operations	(3,532)		2,755		(4,851)		14,060
Pro Forma Net Income	2,299		6,133		13,924		16,396
Loss allocated to Noncontrolling Interest	164		271		587		184
Preferred Distributions	(3,589)		(3,500)		(11,022)		(10,500)
Extinguishment of Issuance Costs Upon Redemption of Series A Preferred Stock					(2,250)
Pro Forma Net (Loss) Income applicable to Common Shareholders	$ (1,126)		$ 2,904		$ 1,239		$ 6,080
Pro Forma Income applicable to Common Shareholders: Basic	$ (0.01)		$ 0.01		$ 0.01		$ 0.03
Pro Forma Income applicable to Common Shareholders: Diluted	$ (0.01)		$ 0.01		$ 0.01		$ 0.03
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding: Basic	198,878,496		196,360,325		198,186,963		184,394,561
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding: Diluted	201,644,633	[1]	196,360,325	[1]	201,488,088	[1]	184,394,561	[1]

[1] Income (loss) allocated to noncontrolling interest in Hersha Hospitality Limited Partnership has been excluded from the numerator and units of limited partnership interest in Hersha Hospitality Limited Partnership have been omitted from the denominator for the purpose of computing diluted earnings per share since the effect of including these amounts in the numerator and denominator would have no impact.  In addition, potentially dilutive common shares, if any, have been excluded from the denominator if they are anti-dilutive to income (loss) from continuing operations applicable to common shareholders.