Organization And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Description Of Business Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Apr. 22, 2011 property	Dec. 31, 2014
Entity incorporation, date of incorporation		Aug. 23, 1994
Number of properties held by related parties		47
Number of properties under operating lease		56
Management fee received on gross hotel revenues by managing parties, percentage		3.50%
Management fee received on hotel net operating income by managing parties, percentage		2.25%
Sppr Hotels, Sppr South Bend, Sppr Bmi, Bmi Alexandria, Sppr Dowell LLC [Member]
Number of properties held by related parties		9
TRS Leasing, Inc [Member]
Number of properties held by related parties		40
Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member] \| Supertel Hospitality REIT Trust [Member]
Holding interest		99.00%
Solomons GP, LLC [Member] \| Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]
Holding interest		100.00%
SPPR-South Bend, LLC (SSBLLC) [Member] \| Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]
Holding interest		100.00%
SPPR-Hotels, LLC (SHLLC) [Member] \| SPPR Holdings, Inc (SPPRHI) [Member]
Holding interest		1.00%
SPPR-Hotels, LLC (SHLLC) [Member] \| Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]
Holding interest		99.00%
BMI Alexandria, LLC (BAL) [Member] \| BMI Alexandria Holdings, Inc (BAHI) [Member]
Holding interest		1.00%
BMI Alexandria, LLC (BAL) [Member] \| Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]
Holding interest		99.00%
SPPR-Dowell, LLC (SDLLC) [Member] \| Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]
Holding interest		99.00%
SPPR-Dowell, LLC (SDLLC) [Member] \| SPPR-Dowell Holdings, Inc (SDHI) [Member]
Holding interest		1.00%
Solomons Beacon Inn Limited Parternship [Member] \| Supertel Hospitality, Inc (SHI) [Member]
Holding interest		1.00%
Solomons Beacon Inn Limited Parternship [Member] \| Supertel Limited Partnership (SLP) [Member]
Holding interest		99.00%
Supertel Hospitality Management, Inc, SPPRHI, BAHI, AND SDHI [Member] \| Supertel Hospitality, Inc (SHI) [Member]
Holding interest		100.00%
HMA, Strand and Kinseth [Member]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager	95
Number of hotels subsequently sold	2
Management agreement additional renewal period		1 year
Management agreement termination notice period		90 days
Hospitality Management Advisors, Inc. [Member]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager		15
Strand Development Company LLC [Member]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager		13
Kinseth Hotel Corporation [Member]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager		22
Number of operating states of hotels managed by related parties		7
Cherry Cove Hospitality Management, LLC [Member]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager		1
HLC Hotels Inc [Member]
Management fee received on gross hotel revenues by managing parties, percentage		5.00%
10% incentive entitled in net operating income, amount		0.1
Company's investment in hotels as threshold for determining incentive fees		10.50%
Economy Extended-Stay Hotels [Member] \| Strand Development Company LLC [Member]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager		5

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 272

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph (b)

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