General (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015 property
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of properties held by related parties	43
Number of leased hotels owned	52
Number Of Hotels In Continuing Operations	46
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	93.00%
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-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	38
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	9
Hospitality Management Advisors, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager	15
Strand Development Company LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager	12
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	19
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

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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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