Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012 Purchase Commitment Property	Apr. 04, 2012 Positive Outcome of Litigation Choice Hotels International, Inc Contract
Commitments Disclosure [Line Items]
Wrongfully terminated franchise agreement		11
Award for damages as full settlement of all claims submitted in the arbitration		$ 298,090
Purchase price of acquired entity	$ 20,000,000
Number of units to be acquired	178

The amount or range of possible amounts of gain that could be realized upon the resolution of a contingency.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 5

-Paragraph 17

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 450

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

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