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Income Taxes - Effective Rate (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate 1.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Benefits and taxes related to foreign operations (6.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (7.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (8.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Unrecognized tax positions (0.40%)chh_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationUnrecognizedTaxBenefits (0.20%)chh_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationUnrecognizedTaxBenefits 0.10%chh_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationUnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Adjustment to current and deferred taxes, prior years 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes (0.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes
Other 0.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective income tax rates 30.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 28.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 28.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations