Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate, Floor

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Based on the entity's Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined), mandatory prepayments are required up to a certain amount of excess cash flow (as defined).

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Amount of large payment of principal required to be made on debt instrument due to excess cash flow, as defined in the credit agreement.

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Debt yield.

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

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- Definition

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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 55
-Paragraph 8
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- Definition

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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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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- Definition

Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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The cash outflow for incremental, external costs directly pertaining to an early extinguishment of debt, including legal costs and prepayment penalties, and excluding interest and repayment of debt principal.

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The cash inflow during the period from additional borrowings in aggregate debt. Includes proceeds from short-term and long-term debt.

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- Definition

The cash outflow for debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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Debt (ESH REIT Term Loan Facility) - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 18, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 23, 2014
ESH REIT
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt yield (percent)			37.90%
2014 Term Loan \| ESH REIT
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated Amount		$ 375,000,000.0	$ 375,000,000.0		$ 375,000,000
Mandatory prepayments are required up to a certain amount of excess cash flow (percent)			50.00%
Mandatory prepayment on mortgage loan				$ 8,500,000
2014 Term Loan \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two \| ESH REIT
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment penalties, rate of the principal amount repaid (percent)			1.00%
2014 Term Loan \| LIBOR \| ESH REIT
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate, floor (percent)	0.75%
Stated Interest Rate (percent)					4.25%
2014 Term Loan \| Federal Funds Rate \| ESH REIT
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on base rate (percent)	0.50%
2014 Term Loan \| One-month LIBOR \| ESH REIT
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate, floor (percent)	0.75%
Spread on base rate (percent)	1.00%
2014 Term Loan \| Base Rate \| ESH REIT
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on base rate (percent)	3.25%
2025 Notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt		800,000,000
Stated Amount		800,000,000.0	$ 800,000,000.0
2025 Notes \| Senior Notes \| ESH REIT
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt	$ 800,000,000	800,000,000
Stated Amount	800,000,000.0	800,000,000	800,000,000
2014 Term Loan \| 2014 Term Loan \| ESH REIT
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of long-term debt	366,500,000	$ 366,500,000	$ 366,500,000
Prepayment penalty	$ 3,700,000