Debt Instrument, Floor Interest Rate

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Debt Instrument, Period Of Extension Options

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Line of Credit Facility, Minimum Liquidity

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Number Of Hotels Acquired

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Fair value of all derivatives designated as interest rate fair value hedging instruments.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Debt - Additional Information (Details)			9 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Details)	Aug. 04, 2020 USD ($) Hotel	May 06, 2020 USD ($) Hotel	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility			$ 173,000,000	$ 90,000,000
Number of hotels acquired (in hotels) \| Hotel		6
Number of hotels in ownership by Company (in hotels) \| Hotel		18
Fair value of interest rate caps			$ 10,000
Construction loan \| Warner Center
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt amount	$ 40,000,000
Term of debt	4 years
Number of extension options \| Hotel	2
Period of extension options	6 months
LIBOR \| Construction loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			3.50%
LIBOR \| Construction loan \| Warner Center
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	7.50%
Floor Rate \| Construction loan \| Warner Center
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.25%
Fixed Rate Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of debt			$ 471,400,000	501,500,000
Variable rate debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of debt			176,900,000	90,000,000.0
Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility			173,000,000.0	$ 90,000,000.0
Maximum borrowing availability under revolving credit facility		$ 200,000,000	$ 250,000,000.0
Number of extension options \| Hotel		2
Minimum liquidity		$ 25,000,000
Floor interest rate		0.50%
Period of extension options		6 months
Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		2.50%
Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		3.00%