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Non-Qualified Retirement, Savings and Investment Plans	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]
Non-Qualified Retirement, Savings and Investment Plans	Non-Qualified Retirement, Savings, and Investment Plans The Company sponsors two non-qualified retirement savings and investment plans for certain employees and senior executives. Employee and Company contributions are maintained in separate irrevocable trusts. Legally, the assets of the trusts remain those of the Company; however, access to the trusts’ assets is severely restricted. The trusts cannot be revoked by the Company or an acquirer, but the assets are subject to the claims of the Company’s general creditors. The participants do not have the right to assign or transfer contractual rights in the trusts. In 2002, the Company adopted the Choice Hotels International, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan ("EDCP") which became effective on January 1, 2003. Under the EDCP, certain executive officers may defer a portion of their salary into an irrevocable trust and invest these amounts in a selection of available diversified investment options. In 1997, the Company adopted the Choice Hotels International, Inc. Non-Qualified Retirement Savings and Investment Plan ("Non-Qualified Plan"). The Non-Qualified Plan allows certain employees who do not participate in the EDCP to defer a portion of their salary and invest these amounts in a selection of available diversified investment options. Under the EDCP and the Non-Qualified Plan (together, the "Deferred Compensation Plan"), the Company recognized current and long-term deferred compensation and retirement plan liabilities of $55.0 million and $47.5 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, related to the deferrals and the credited investment returns under these two deferred compensation plans. Compensation expense or benefit is recognized in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income based on the change in the deferred compensation and retirement plan obligations related to the earnings credited to the participants as well as the changes in the fair value of the diversified investments. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized compensation expense of $8.2 million and $7.0 million, respectively, in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recognized compensation benefit of $5.3 million in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

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The entire disclosure for compensation costs, including compensated absences accruals, compensated absences liability, deferred compensation arrangements and income statement compensation items. Deferred compensation arrangements may include a description of an arrangement with an individual employee, which is generally an employment contract between the entity and a selected officer or key employee containing a promise by the employer to pay certain amounts at designated future dates, usually including a period after retirement, upon compliance with stipulated requirements. This type of arrangement is distinguished from broader based employee benefit plans as it is usually tailored to the employee. Disclosure also typically includes the amount of related compensation expense recognized during the reporting period, the number of shares (units) issued during the period under such arrangements, and the carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the related liability.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 710
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/710/tableOfContent

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-Topic 710
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Publisher FASB
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