Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rate (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 14, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Statutory U.S. federal income tax provision			$ 17,219	$ 5,934	$ 3,015
State tax, net of federal benefit			2,221	4,957	2,553
Foreign tax, net of federal benefit			50	67	205
Nondeductible stock compensation			1,948	16,155
Nondeductible book loss from January 1, 2014 through April 13, 2014				4,480
Income not subject to tax at the La Quinta Predecessor Entities level					(2,923)
Change in valuation allowance			353	(767)	609
Return to provision			(688)	(329)
Changes in deferred taxes			541	(1,904)
Other			843	212	139
Provision for income taxes		$ (127,200)	22,487	28,805	3,598
Net deferred tax expense	$ 321,100	$ 321,100		321,054
Income tax expense			$ 22,487	$ 349,859	$ 3,598