General (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 property
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of properties held by related parties	49
Number of leased hotels owned	59
Base management fee received on gross hotel revenues by managing related parties, percentage	3.50%
Management fee received on hotel net operating income by managing related parties, percentage	2.25%
Supertel Limited Partnership [Member] | Supertel Hospitality REIT Trust [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Holding interest	99.00%
Solomons Beacon Inn Limited Parternship [Member] | Supertel Hospitality, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Holding interest	1.00%
Solomons Beacon Inn Limited Parternship [Member] | Supertel Limited Partnership [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Holding interest	99.00%
SPPR-Hotels, SPPR-South Bend, SPPR-BMI, BMI Alexandra, LLC, SPPR-Dowell, LLC [Member] | Supertel Hospitality, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Holding interest	100.00%
SPPR-Hotels, LLC [Member] | Supertel Limited Partnership [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Holding interest	99.00%
SPPR-Hotels, LLC [Member] | SPPR Holdings, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Holding interest	1.00%
SPPR-South Bend, LLC [Member] | Supertel Limited Partnership [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Holding interest	100.00%
SPPR-BMI, LLC [Member] | Supertel Limited Partnership [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Holding interest	99.00%
SPPR-BMI, LLC [Member] | SPPR-BMI Holdings, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Holding interest	1.00%
SPPR-Dowell LLC [Member] | Supertel Limited Partnership [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Holding interest	99.00%
SPPR-Dowell LLC [Member] | SPPR-Dowell Holdings, Inc [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Holding interest	1.00%
TRS Leasing, Inc [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of properties held by related parties	40
SPPR-Hotels, SPPR-South Bend, SPPR-BMI, BMI Alexandra, LLC, SPPR-Dowell, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of properties held by related parties	10
Hospitality Management Advisors, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager	17
Strand Development Company LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager	13
Number of extended-stay hotels managed by related parties	5
Kinseth Hotel Corporation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager	23
Number of operating states of hotels managed by related parties	7
Cherry Cove Hospitality Management, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager	1