Organization And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Description Of Business Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended																	0 Months Ended					12 Months Ended					0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 property	Dec. 31, 2013 Sppr Hotels, Sppr South Bend, Sppr Bmi, Bmi Alexandria, Sppr Dowell LLC [Member] property	Dec. 31, 2013 TRS Leasing, Inc [Member] property	Dec. 31, 2013 Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member] Supertel Hospitality REIT Trust [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Solomons GP, LLC [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Supertel Hospitality Management, Inc [Member] Supertel Hospitality, Inc (SHI) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 SPPR Holdings, Inc (SPPRHI) [Member] Supertel Hospitality, Inc (SHI) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 SPPR-BMI Holdings, Inc (SBMIHI) [Member] Supertel Hospitality, Inc (SHI) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 BMI Alexandria Holdings, Inc (BAHI) [Member] Supertel Hospitality, Inc (SHI) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 SPPR-South Bend, LLC (SSBLLC) [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 SPPR-BMI, LLC (SBMILLC) [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 SPPR-BMI, LLC (SBMILLC) [Member] SPPR-BMI Holdings, Inc (SBMIHI) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 SPPR-Hotels, LLC (SHLLC) [Member] SPPR Holdings, Inc (SPPRHI) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 SPPR-Hotels, LLC (SHLLC) [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 BMI Alexandria, LLC (BAL) [Member] BMI Alexandria Holdings, Inc (BAHI) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 BMI Alexandria, LLC (BAL) [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 SPPR-Dowell, LLC (SDLLC) [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 SPPR-Dowell, LLC (SDLLC) [Member] SPPR-Dowell Holdings, Inc (SDHI) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Solomons Beacon Inn Limited Parternship [Member] Supertel Hospitality, Inc (SHI) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Solomons Beacon Inn Limited Parternship [Member] Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]	May 31, 2011 Royco Hotels [Member] property	Mar. 25, 2011 Royco Hotels [Member]	May 31, 2011 Royco Hotels [Member] Minimum [Member]	May 31, 2011 Royco Hotels [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 01, 2011 HMA, Strand and Kinseth [Member] property	Dec. 31, 2013 HMA, Strand and Kinseth [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Hospitality Management Advisors, Inc. [Member] property	Dec. 31, 2013 Strand Development Company LLC [Member] property	Dec. 31, 2013 Kinseth Hotel Corporation [Member] property state	Dec. 31, 2013 Cherry Cove Hospitality Management, LLC [Member] property	Dec. 02, 2013 HLC Hotels Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Economy Extended-Stay Hotels [Member] Strand Development Company LLC [Member] state
Entity incorporation, date of incorporation	Aug. 23, 1994
Number of properties held by related parties		59	10	48
Holding interest					99.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	99.00%	1.00%	1.00%	99.00%	1.00%	99.00%	99.00%	1.00%	1.00%	99.00%
Number of properties under operating lease		69
Number of hotels managed by third party manager																						95				95		18	13	30	1		7
Number of hotels subsequently sold																										2
Percentage of gross hotel revenues paid as management fee																								3.00%	4.25%
Revenue Threshold																								$ 75,000,000	$ 100,000,000
10% incentive entitled in net operating income, amount																						10
Incentive entitled on net operating income on excess above one million, percentage																						20.00%
Lawsuit settlement, termination fees paid																							$ 590,000
Number of operating states of hotels managed by related parties																														8
Management agreement additional renewal period																											1 year
Management agreement termination notice period																											90 days
Management fee received on gross hotel revenues by managing parties, percentage																												3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	5.00%
Management fee received on hotel net operating income by managing parties, percentage																												2.25%	2.25%	2.25%	2.25%	10.00%
Company's investment in hotels as threshold for determining incentive fees																																10.50%