Income Taxes - REIT - 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)
Other permanent differences	629	30	3,283
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%)
Other permanent differences	0.30%	0.00%	1.40%
Other - net	0.50%	0.60%	0.60%
Income tax expense - net	15.10%	16.60%	25.70%
ESH Hospitality, Inc.
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Amount [Abstract]
Tax at statutory rate	$ 47,515	$ 48,494	$ 75,675
State income tax	375	82	(272)
Foreign income tax rate differential	0	0	(5,149)
Nontaxable ESH REIT income	(47,509)	(48,116)	(71,304)
Other permanent differences	(6)	(378)	1,925
Other - net	0	715	354
Income tax expense - net	$ 375	$ 797	$ 1,229
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Abstract]
Tax at statutory rate	21.00%	21.00%	35.00%
State income tax	0.20%	0.00%	(0.10%)
Foreign income tax rate differential		0.00%	(2.40%)
Nontaxable ESH REIT income	(21.00%)	(20.80%)	(33.00%)
Other permanent differences		(0.20%)	0.90%
Other - net	0.00%	0.30%	0.20%
Income tax expense - net	0.20%	0.30%	0.60%