Organization (Details) $ in Thousands										1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 23, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 09, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 22, 2021	Aug. 21, 2021	Jul. 27, 2021 USD ($) shares	Jul. 22, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 10, 2021 USD ($)	May 13, 2021 USD ($) shares	Apr. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	May 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) hotelRoom property	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 09, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 property
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Number of hotels owned by the company | property												52
Total number of guest rooms | hotelRoom												13,006
Number of hotels, suspended | property																	47
Sale price												$ 264,125	$ 387,000
Acquisition of hotel properties												190,968	0
Total repayments of debt												428,000
Repayments of long term debt												388,000	12,965
Repayments of senior unsecured credit facility												40,000	$ 635,115
Sir Francis Drake
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Sale price									$ 157,600			157,625
The Roger New York
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Sale price							$ 19,000
Villa Florence San Francisco on Union Square
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Sale price		$ 87,500										87,500
Unsecured term loans
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Repayments of long term debt												$ 338,000
Jekyll Island Club Resort
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Acquisition of hotel properties						$ 94,000
Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Acquisition of hotel properties	$ 270,000
Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage								6.375%			6.375%	6.375%
Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares | Public Stock Offering
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Public offering, net proceeds								$ 222,600			$ 222,600
Number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) | shares								9,200,000			9,200,000
Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage												5.70%
Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock | Public Stock Offering
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Public offering, net proceeds					$ 242,100					$ 242,100
Number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) | shares					10,000,000					10,000,000
Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage				6.375%								6.375%
Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage			6.50%									6.50%
Convertible senior notes
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Premium to par percentage														5.50%	5.50%
Debt issued														$ 250,000	$ 250,000	$ 500,000
Debt												$ 750,000				500,000
Mortgage loan
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Debt	$ 161,500											161,500				0
Senior unsecured notes
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Debt												50,000				$ 100,000
Repayments of long term debt												$ 50,000
Operating Partnership
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Percentage of operating partnership units owned by company												99.30%
Percentage of operating partnership units owned by other limited partners												0.70%