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Sale of Hotel Properties - Properties Disposed (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) room	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) room increment hotel
Sale of Hotel Properties
(Loss) gain on sale of hotel properties, net | $	$ (2,378)	$ 2,703	$ (9,300)
Proceeds from the sale of hotel properties, net | $	198,642	5,169	685,870
Sale of hotel properties | $	$ 208,507	4,883	$ 705,681
Asset Acquisition, Percentage of Shares Acquired	100.00%
Disposals 2020 [Domain]
Sale of Hotel Properties
Proceeds from the sale of hotel properties, net | $		$ 4,900
Courtyard Boulder Longmont
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			78
Courtyard Salt Lake City Airport
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			154
Courtyard Fort Lauderdale SW Miramar
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			128
Courtyard Austin Airport
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			150
Fairfield Inn & Suites San Antonio Downtown Market
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			110
Hampton Inn & Suites Clearwater St. Petersburg
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			128
Hampton Inn Fort Walton Beach
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			100
Hampton Inn & Suites Denver Tech Center
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			123
Hampton Inn West Palm Beach Airport Central
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			105
Hilton Garden Inn Bloomington
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			168
Hilton Garden Inn West Palm Beach Airport
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			100
Hilton Garden Inn Durham Raleigh Research Triangle Park
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			177
Residence Inn Longmont Boulder
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			84
Residence Inn Detroit Novi
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			107
Residence Inn Chicago Oak Brook
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			156
Residence Inn Fort Lauderdale Plantation
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			138
Residence Inn Salt Lake City Airport
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			104
Residence Inn San Antonio Downtown Market Square
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			95
Residence Inn Fort Lauderdale SW Miramar
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			130
Residence Inn Silver Spring
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			130
SpringHill Suites Boulder Longmont
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			90
Embassy Suites Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Resort
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			255
Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			385
Courtyard Austin Northwest Arboretum
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			102
Courtyard Denver West Golden
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			110
Courtyard Boulder Louisville
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			154
Courtyard Louisville Northeast
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			114
Courtyard South Bend Mishawaka
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			78
Hampton Inn Houston Galleria
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			176
Hyatt House Houston Galleria
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			147
Hyatt House Austin Arboretum
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			131
Hyatt House Dallas Lincoln Park
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			155
Hyatt House Dallas Uptown
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			141
Residence Inn Austin Northwest Arboretum
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			84
Residence Inn Austin North Parmer Lane
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			88
Residence Inn Denver West Golden
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			88
Residence Inn Boulder Louisville
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			88
Residence Inn Louisville Northeast
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			102
SpringHill Suites Austin North Parmer Lane
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			132
SpringHill Suites Louisville Hurstbourne North
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			142
SpringHill Suites South Bend Mishawaka
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			87
Residence Inn Columbia
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			108
Courtyard Austin South
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			110
Fairfield Inn & Suites Austin South Airport
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			63
Marriott Austin South
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			211
Residence Inn Austin South
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			66
SpringHill Suites Austin South
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			152
Disposals 2019
Sale of Hotel Properties
Number of properties disposed | hotel			47
Rooms			6,024
Disposal group, number of transactions | increment			5
Proceeds from the sale of hotel properties, net | $			$ 721,000
Disposals 2021
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms	1,341
Proceeds from the sale of hotel properties, net | $	$ 208,500
Courtyard Houston Sugarland [Member]
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms	112
Residence Inn Indianapolis Fishers
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms	78
Residence Inn Chicago Naperville [Member]
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms	130
Fairfield Inn Hammond [Member]
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms	94
Residence Inn Chicago Southeast Hammond [Member]
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms	78
Courtyard Chicago Southeast Hammond [Member]
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms	85
Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel New York City
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms	764

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