Preferred Stock and Units - Quarterly Distributions Declared and Payable by Operating Partnership (Detail) - Sotherly Hotels LP [Member] - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019
8% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Quarterly Distributions Per Share	$ 0.500000	$ 0.500000	$ 0.500000	$ 0.500000	$ 0.500000
7.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Quarterly Distributions Per Share		0.492188	0.492188	0.492188	$ 0.492188
8.25% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Quarterly Distributions Per Share	$ 0.515625	$ 0.515625	$ 0.515625	$ 0.418230