Business and Organization	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Business and Organization	Business and Organization Organization Carey Watermark Investors 2 Incorporated (“CWI 2”) is a publicly owned, non-traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, invests in, manages and seeks to enhance the value of, interests in lodging and lodging-related properties in the United States. We conduct substantially all of our investment activities and own all of our assets through CWI 2 OP, LP (the “Operating Partnership”). We are a general partner and a limited partner of, and own a 99.985% capital interest in, the Operating Partnership. Carey Watermark Holdings 2, LLC (“Carey Watermark Holdings 2”), which is owned indirectly by W. P. Carey Inc. (“WPC”), holds a special general partner interest in the Operating Partnership. We are managed by Carey Lodging Advisors, LLC (our “Advisor”), an indirect subsidiary of WPC. Our Advisor manages our overall portfolio, including providing oversight and strategic guidance to the independent hotel operators that manage our hotels. CWA 2, LLC (the “Subadvisor”), a subsidiary of Watermark Capital Partners LLC (“Watermark Capital Partners” or “Watermark”), provides services to our Advisor, primarily relating to acquiring, managing, financing and disposing of our hotels and overseeing the independent operators that manage the day-to-day operations of our hotels. In addition, the Subadvisor provides us with the services of Mr. Michael G. Medzigian, our Chief Executive Officer, subject to the approval of our independent directors. We held ownership interests in 12 hotels at December 31, 2019, including ten hotels that we consolidate (“Consolidated Hotels”) and two hotels that we record as equity investments (“Unconsolidated Hotels”), at December 31, 2019. Public Offering We raised offering proceeds in our initial public offering of $280.3 million from our Class A common stock and $571.0 million from our Class T common stock. The offering commenced on May 22, 2014 and closed on July 31, 2017. We have fully invested the proceeds from our initial public offering. In addition, from inception through December 31, 2019, $28.9 million and $58.2 million of distributions were reinvested in our Class A and Class T common stock, respectively, as a result of our distribution reinvestment plan. Proposed Merger On October 22, 2019, we and Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated (“CWI 1”) announced that we had entered into a definitive merger agreement under which we will merge in an all-stock transaction, with CWI 1 surviving the merger as our wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Proposed Merger”). On January 13, 2020, the joint proxy statement/prospectus on Form S-4 previously filed with the SEC by us and CWI 1 was declared effective. The Proposed Merger is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, subject to the approval of our stockholders and CWI 1’s stockholders, among other conditions. The special stockholder meetings for both us and CWI 1 are currently scheduled for March 26, 2020. Following the close of the Proposed Merger, the combined company will complete an internalization transaction with our Advisor and Subadvisor, as a result of which the combined company will become self-managed. The Proposed Merger is expected to be accounted for as a business combination in accordance with current authoritative accounting guidance. We expect to conclude that CWI 1 will be the accounting acquiror in the merger as (i) CWI 1’s pre-merger stockholders will have a majority of the voting power in the combined company after the merger and (ii) CWI 1 is significantly larger than us when considering assets and revenues. As CWI 1 is expected to be the accounting acquiror while we will be the legal acquiror, the merger will be accounted for as a reverse acquisition, and therefore, the historical financial information included in the combined company’s financial statements would represent the pre-merger information of CWI 1.

Business and Organization

Organization

Carey Watermark Investors 2 Incorporated (“CWI 2”) is a publicly owned, non-traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, invests in, manages and seeks to enhance the value of, interests in lodging and lodging-related properties in the United States. We conduct substantially all of our investment activities and own all of our assets through CWI 2 OP, LP (the “Operating Partnership”). We are a general partner and a limited partner of, and own a 99.985% capital interest in, the Operating Partnership. Carey Watermark Holdings 2, LLC (“Carey Watermark Holdings 2”), which is owned indirectly by W. P. Carey Inc. (“WPC”), holds a special general partner interest in the Operating Partnership.

We are managed by Carey Lodging Advisors, LLC (our “Advisor”), an indirect subsidiary of WPC. Our Advisor manages our overall portfolio, including providing oversight and strategic guidance to the independent hotel operators that manage our hotels. CWA 2, LLC (the “Subadvisor”), a subsidiary of Watermark Capital Partners LLC (“Watermark Capital Partners” or “Watermark”), provides services to our Advisor, primarily relating to acquiring, managing, financing and disposing of our hotels and overseeing the independent operators that manage the day-to-day operations of our hotels. In addition, the Subadvisor provides us with the services of Mr. Michael G. Medzigian, our Chief Executive Officer, subject to the approval of our independent directors.

We held ownership interests in 12 hotels at December 31, 2019, including ten hotels that we consolidate (“Consolidated Hotels”) and two hotels that we record as equity investments (“Unconsolidated Hotels”), at December 31, 2019.

Public Offering

We raised offering proceeds in our initial public offering of $280.3 million from our Class A common stock and $571.0 million from our Class T common stock. The offering commenced on May 22, 2014 and closed on July 31, 2017. We have fully invested the proceeds from our initial public offering. In addition, from inception through December 31, 2019, $28.9 million and $58.2 million of distributions were reinvested in our Class A and Class T common stock, respectively, as a result of our distribution reinvestment plan.

Proposed Merger

On October 22, 2019, we and Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated (“CWI 1”) announced that we had entered into a definitive merger agreement under which we will merge in an all-stock transaction, with CWI 1 surviving the merger as our wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Proposed Merger”). On January 13, 2020, the joint proxy statement/prospectus on Form S-4 previously filed with the SEC by us and CWI 1 was declared effective. The Proposed Merger is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, subject to the approval of our stockholders and CWI 1’s stockholders, among other conditions. The special stockholder meetings for both us and CWI 1 are currently scheduled for March 26, 2020. Following the close of the Proposed Merger, the combined company will complete an internalization transaction with our Advisor and Subadvisor, as a result of which the combined company will become self-managed.

The Proposed Merger is expected to be accounted for as a business combination in accordance with current authoritative accounting guidance. We expect to conclude that CWI 1 will be the accounting acquiror in the merger as (i) CWI 1’s pre-merger stockholders will have a majority of the voting power in the combined company after the merger and (ii) CWI 1 is significantly larger than us when considering assets and revenues. As CWI 1 is expected to be the accounting acquiror while we will be the legal acquiror, the merger will be accounted for as a reverse acquisition, and therefore, the historical financial information included in the combined company’s financial statements would represent the pre-merger information of CWI 1.