General (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015 property state
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of properties held by related parties	38
Number of leased hotels owned	45
Number Of Hotels In Continuing Operations	42
Base management fee received on gross hotel revenues by managing related parties, percentage	3.00%
Incentive Management Fee Received On Gross Hotel Revenues By Managing Related Parties, Percentage	2.00%
Terms Of Prior Management Agreement, Percentage of Revenue	3.50%
Terms of Prior Management Agreement, Percentage of NOI	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	34
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	7
Hospitality Management Advisors, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager	11
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	3
Kinseth Hotel Corporation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed by third party manager	18
Number of operating states of hotels managed by related parties \| state	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

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