Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stock repurchased and retired during period	$ 130,721,000	$ 85,405,000	$ 62,323,000
Line of Credit | Loan payable (Unsecured Credit Facility)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Unsecured intercompany facility, carrying amount	0	0
Line of Credit | Loan payable (Unsecured Credit Facility) | ESH REIT
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Unsecured intercompany facility, carrying amount	0	$ 0
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit | Loan payable (Unsecured Credit Facility) | ESH REIT
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Additional principal available (up to)	$ 300,000,000.0
Secondary Offering
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stock repurchased and retired during period			$ 21,400,000
Secondary Offering | ESH REIT
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stock repurchased and retired during period (in shares)			2,000,000.0
Stock repurchased and retired during period			$ 12,200,000
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred shares repurchased (in shares)			14,069
Preferred shares repurchased amount			$ 14,100,000
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock | Sponsors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Outstanding redeemable preferred stock (in shares)	7,036	7,036