Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Royalty Payments, Term

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Debt Issued

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Debt Paid Off

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Ownership Percentage Sold

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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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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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Cash received for royalties during the current period.

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Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 24, 2020	Jun. 16, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 16, 2020 JPY (¥)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Travelzoo Japan
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from royalties received				$ 9	$ 13		$ 0
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Travelzoo Japan
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ownership percentage sold		100.00%	100.00%
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses \| ¥			¥ 1
Loss on disposition of business		$ 128
Interest free loan amount					430	¥ 46,000,000
Debt paid off					$ 113			$ 133
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Travelzoo Singapore
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ownership percentage sold	100.00%
Duration of royalty payments	5 years	5 years	5 years