Debt Financing (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended											3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended									0 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Oct. 18, 2014	Oct. 18, 2014 property	Sep. 30, 2014 room item	Sep. 19, 2014 room	Aug. 21, 2014	Aug. 01, 2014	Jul. 15, 2014	Jun. 27, 2014	Jun. 23, 2014 room	Apr. 15, 2014	Mar. 10, 2014 property	Sep. 30, 2014 property room item	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 room item	Sep. 30, 2013	Aug. 22, 2014 room	Aug. 02, 2014	Jul. 16, 2014 room	Jun. 11, 2014	Jun. 05, 2014	May 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Apr. 24, 2014 Baymont Inn, Brooks, Kentucky [Member] room	May 05, 2014 Super 8, Omaha, Nebraska [Member] room	Jun. 04, 2014 Super 8, Boise, Idaha [Member] room	Jun. 11, 2014 Super 8, Clarinda, Iowa [Member] room	Sep. 30, 2014 Held For Use [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 GE Franchise Finance Commercial LLC [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 GE Franchise Finance Commercial LLC [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 GE Franchise Finance Commercial LLC [Member] Savannah Suites, Atlanta, Georgia [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Great Western Bank 06/2015 Maturity [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amortization of Debt Discount (Premium)													$ 38,000			$ 38,000	$ 0
Per share liquidiation preference			$ 10.00									$ 10.00				$ 10.00
Common stock purchase price using warrants																						8.00	9.60
Convertible loan			2,000,000									2,000,000	2,000,000	2,000,000	0	2,000,000	0
Common Shares Issued From Loan Conversion																					1,250,000	1,250,000
Maximum fixed rate implemented if rights offering not completed by April 15, 2014										12.50%
Number of basis points, added to LIBOR													700.00%
Interest Expense, Debt												1,774,000			1,454,000	5,321,000	4,124,000
Number of hotel rooms			116	60					64		55	116				116		140		172					65	101	108	40
Proceeds from disposal			1,900,000	1,700,000	1,500,000		1,400,000		1,400,000		1,100,000														1,700,000	1,600,000	2,800,000	1,700,000
Before Dividend FCCR Minimum Actual														125.00%
Before dividend FCCR required minimum														130.00%																120.00%	115.00%
Before Dividend Consolidated FCCR Actual														98.00%
BeforeDividendConsolidatedFCCRRequirement														120.00%																100.00%	75.00%
After dividend consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio														84.00%																100.00%	70.00%
After dividend consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio required													100.00%
Maximum Loan to Value Ratio																														60.00%	70.00%
Minimum loan to value ratio requiring consolidated FCCR testing													60.00%
Required Payment Of Modification Fee								380,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End																			4.50%
Interest rate on the revolving credit facility						4.95%
Long term debt, weighted average term to maturity												2 years 2 months 12 days
Long-term debt, weighted average interest rate			6.40%									6.40%				6.40%
Long-term debt, weighted average fixed rate												6.50%
Long-term debt, weighted average variable rate												3.70%
Debt related to hotel properties held for sale			16,235,000									16,235,000				16,235,000								35,224,000
Principal due associated with assets held for use or assets held for sale																																14,200,000
Maturity date of debt																																	Jun. 01, 2015
Secured debt			80,971,000									80,971,000				80,971,000								82,821,000
Principal due in 2013			16,895,000									16,895,000				16,895,000													660,000
principal due in 2014			16,900,000									16,900,000				16,900,000
Contractual Selling Price of Hotels Held For Sale	$ 15,150,000	$ 15,150,000
Number of hotels collateralizing loans												17
Number of hotels under contract to sell		4
Consolidated leverage ratio			4.25									4.25				4.25
Actual Consolidated Leverage Ratio			4.30									4.30				4.30