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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Jan. 01, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Reduction in current income tax payable attributable to stock-based compensation $ 69,000,000expe_CurrentIncomeTaxBenefitAssociatedWithStockBasedAwards $ 52,000,000expe_CurrentIncomeTaxBenefitAssociatedWithStockBasedAwards $ 64,000,000expe_CurrentIncomeTaxBenefitAssociatedWithStockBasedAwards  
Valuation allowance 50,748,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 32,942,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance    
Valuation allowance increase (decrease) 18,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount      
Undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries 916,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries      
Effective interest rate of federal statutory income tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate  
Unrecognized tax benefits 110,561,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 109,712,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 102,305,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 81,682,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate 86,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 85,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Uncertain tax positions, interest and penalties 6,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 15,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued    
Interest (benefit) expense, net of federal benefit and penalties (8,327,000)expe_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpenseBenefit (2,733,000)expe_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpenseBenefit 1,305,000expe_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpenseBenefit  
Income taxes examination statute of limitations expiration date Jul. 01, 2014      
Previously unrecognized tax benefits, including interest, that were recognized in continuing operations 23,709,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations 4,134,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations 5,061,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations  
Federal        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards 5,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= expe_FederalMember
     
Previously unrecognized tax benefits, including interest, that were recognized in continuing operations 25,600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= expe_FederalMember
     
State and Local        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards 13,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
     
Foreign        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards 185,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
     
Indefinite foreign net operating loss carryforwards 134,000,000expe_OperatingLossCarryforwardsIndefinitely
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
     
Foreign net operating loss carryforwards subject to expiration $ 51,000,000expe_OperatingLossCarryForwardsExpiringAtVariousPeriods
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= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
     
Foreign | Minimum        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards expiration dates 2016      
Foreign | Maximum        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards expiration dates 2034      
Federal and State | Minimum        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards expiration dates 2015      
Federal and State | Maximum        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards expiration dates 2033