Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) renewal_option	May 30, 2018 u_cplgRenewal_Option	Nov. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) renewal_option	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) renewal_option	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Management fee				$ 6,000,000	$ 11,000,000	$ 16,000,000	$ 32,000,000
Royalty fee expense				5,000,000	11,000,000	16,000,000	32,000,000
Payments of deferred liabilities	$ 10,000,000
Escrowed casualty insurance proceeds	33,000,000			33,000,000		33,000,000		$ 20,000,000
Purchase commitments	$ 19,000,000			$ 19,000,000		$ 19,000,000
Operating lease contract term	25 years			25 years		25 years
Undiscounted contractual payments	$ 65,000,000			$ 65,000,000		$ 65,000,000
Lease liabilities	20,000,000			20,000,000		20,000,000		$ 25,000,000
Rent expense				1,000,000	$ 2,000,000	2,000,000	4,000,000
Severance costs				0		0	$ 6,000,000
Long-Term Hotel Service Contracts Payable
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Purchase commitments	16,000,000			16,000,000		$ 16,000,000
Purchase commitment payable period						4 years
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Lease liabilities	$ 20,000,000			$ 20,000,000		$ 20,000,000
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Notice of taxable adjustment from IRS			$ 138,000,000
Adjustment to tax operating loss carryforwards			$ 31,000,000
La Quinta Management L.L.C
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Management and royalty fees (percentage)		5.00%
Management agreement term		20 years
Renewal options | u_cplgRenewal_Option		2
Renewal period		5 years
La Quinta Franchising LLC
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Royalty fee (percentage)						5.00%
Franchise renewal options | renewal_option	1			1		1
Franchise agreements renewal period						10 years
Reservation fee (percentage)						2.00%
Marketing fee (percentage)						2.50%
Loyalty program fee (percentage)						5.00%
Escrowed casualty insurance proceeds	$ 15,000,000			$ 15,000,000		$ 15,000,000
La Quinta Franchising LLC | Minimum
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Capital expenditures						$ 1,500
Capital expenditure period						2 years
Capital expenditure period, franchisor's discretion						2 years
La Quinta Franchising LLC | Maximum
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Capital expenditures						$ 7,500
Capital expenditure period						11 years
Capital expenditure period, franchisor's discretion						9 years