Investment In Hotel Properties (Condensed Pro Forma Financial Data) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Investment In Hotel Properties [Abstract]
Pro Forma Total Revenues									$ 353,407,000		$ 331,587,000
Pro Forma Income from Continuing Operations									22,651,000		7,408,000
(Loss) Income from Discontinued Operations									29,195,000		14,720,000
Pro Forma Net Income									51,846,000		22,128,000
Loss allocated to Noncontrolling Interest									271,000		(154,000)
Preferred Distributions	(3,589,000)	(3,589,000)	(3,589,000)	(3,844,000)	(3,500,000)	(3,500,000)	(3,500,000)	(3,500,000)	(14,611,000)		(14,000,000)		(10,499,000)
Extinguishment of Issuance Costs Upon Redemption of Series A Preferred Stock				(2,250,000)					(2,250,000)
Pro Forma Net (Loss) Income applicable to Common Shareholders									$ 35,256,000		$ 7,974,000
Pro Forma Income applicable to Common Shareholders: Basic									$ 0.18		$ 0.04
Pro Forma Income applicable to Common Shareholders: Diluted									$ 0.18		$ 0.04
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding: Basic	198,994,277	198,878,496	198,633,051	197,029,017	196,411,729	196,360,325	186,264,437	170,427,428	198,390,450		187,415,270		168,753,382
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding: Diluted	198,994,277	201,644,633	201,201,337	197,029,017	199,593,648	196,360,325	189,011,990	170,427,428	201,918,177	[1]	187,415,270	[1]	168,753,382	[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.