Represents the redemption ratio of one Liberty Ventures share in exchange for a share of Liberty Expedia Holdings

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Basis of Presentation (Details) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
Basis of Presentation (Details) $ in Millions	Nov. 05, 2016	Nov. 04, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Related party transactions			$ 1
Common Series A
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Split Off Redemption Ratio	0.4	0.4
Common Series B
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Split Off Redemption Ratio	0.4	0.4
Liberty Interactive Corporation \| Common Series B
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Split Off Redemption Ratio		0.4
Expedia
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest			15.70%
Voting interest			52.30%
Liberty Interactive Corporation \| Common Series A
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Split Off Redemption Ratio		0.4