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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Leverage Ratio Limit

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Waiver Period Maximum Amount Of Capital Contributions

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Waiver Period, Maximum Purchase Of Real Estate

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Other Investment Funding

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Debt Instrument, Extension Option, Number

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Debt Instrument, Extension Option, Term

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage, Premium Increase (Decrease)

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Represents the weighted average interest rate for borrowings during the period.

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Increase (Decrease) Of Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Waiver Period Maximum Amount Of Capital Contributions

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Amount of assets pledged to secure a debt instrument.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Indebtedness (Details) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Indebtedness (Details) $ in Thousands	Oct. 04, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 14, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) hotel	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) hotel extension	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) hotel	Jun. 15, 2022	Apr. 13, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Indebtedness
Revolving credit facility, outstanding borrowings			$ 95,000		$ 95,000					$ 1,000,000
Senior unsecured notes, net			5,652,590		5,652,590					$ 6,143,022
Repayments of credit facility					925,000	$ 62,451
Loss on early extinguishment of debt			$ 0	$ 0	$ (791)	$ 0
Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2022 at 5.00%
Indebtedness
Interest rate, stated percentage			5.00%		5.00%		5.00%	5.00%
Loss on early extinguishment of debt			$ 201		$ 201
Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2023 at 4.50%
Indebtedness
Minimum restricted liability			$ 150,000		$ 150,000
Interest rate, stated percentage			4.50%		4.50%
Subsequent event \| Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2023 at 4.50%
Indebtedness
Minimum restricted liability	$ 600,000
Senior notes	$ 500,000
Interest rate, stated percentage	4.50%
COVID-19 \| Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2022 at 5.00%
Indebtedness
Senior notes		$ 500,000
Revolving credit facility
Indebtedness
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 800,000	$ 800,000		$ 800,000				$ 1,000,000
Debt extension option, number \| extension					1
Extension term		6 months			6 months		6 months
Credit facility fee percentage					0.30%
Annual interest rate			5.26%		5.26%
Weighted average annual interest rate			4.37%	2.85%	3.36%	2.85%
Minimum restricted liability			$ 150,000		$ 150,000		$ 125,000
Repayments of credit facility		$ 200,000
Maximum purchase price of real property		$ 300,000
Fixed charge coverage ratio		1							1.5
Leverage ratio limit		70.00%							60.00%
Capital contributions		$ 100,000
Increase in aggregate limit of capital contributions		$ 50,000
Premium increase		0.25%
Loss on early extinguishment of debt					$ 590
Revolving credit facility \| Subsequent event
Indebtedness
Extension term	6 months
Revolving credit facility \| COVID-19
Indebtedness
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity							$ 2,300,000
Revolving credit facility \| LIBOR
Indebtedness
Basis spread on variable rate		2.50%			2.35%
LIBOR floor					0.50%
Senior unsecured notes
Indebtedness
Senior unsecured notes, net			$ 5,700,000		$ 5,700,000
Revolving Credit Facility And Term Loan
Indebtedness
Collateral properties with first mortgage liens \| hotel			73		73		74
Collateral to secure debt			$ 1,573,608		$ 1,573,608
Revolving Credit Facility And Term Loan \| Maximum
Indebtedness
Funding capital expenditures							$ 250,000
Other investments							$ 50,000