Income Taxes - Schedule of Difference Between Income Tax Expense at Effective Tax Rate and Statutory U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Amount [Abstract]
Tax at statutory rate	$ 40,835	$ 53,305	$ 81,096
State income tax	5,844	7,847	5,578
Foreign income tax rate differential	0	0	(4,741)
Nontaxable ESH REIT income	(18,577)	(14,976)	(25,689)
Equity-based compensation	(69)	(524)	(263)
Other permanent differences	629	30	3,283
Estimate of future nontaxable distributions from ESH REIT	0	5,020	(2,054)
Change in ESH REIT temporary differences	475	(9,525)	(2,102)
Change in deferred tax rate	0	0	4,051
Valuation allowance	(1)	(2)	(427)
Tax credits	(783)	(661)	(497)
Other - net	962	1,562	1,279
Income tax expense - net	$ 29,315	$ 42,076	$ 59,514
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Abstract]
Tax at statutory rate	21.00%	21.00%	35.00%
State income tax	3.00%	3.10%	2.40%
Foreign income tax rate differential			(2.00%)
Nontaxable ESH REIT income	(9.60%)	(5.90%)	(11.10%)
Equity-based compensation	0.00%	(0.20%)	(0.10%)
Other permanent differences	0.30%	0.00%	1.40%
Estimate of future nontaxable distributions from ESH REIT	0.00%	2.00%	(0.90%)
Change in ESH REIT temporary differences	0.30%	(3.70%)	(0.90%)
Change in deferred tax rate	0.00%	0.00%	1.70%
Valuation allowance	0.00%	0.00%	(0.20%)
Tax credits	(0.40%)	(0.30%)	(0.20%)
Other - net	0.50%	0.60%	0.60%
Income tax expense - net	15.10%	16.60%	25.70%