Contingency	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Contingency [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	Contingency In April 2016, an affiliate of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, or IHG, which had formerly operated three hotels on our behalf (two of which we sold in 2006, and one of which we converted to Wyndham operation and brand in 2013), notified us that the pension fund in which the employees at those hotels had participated has assessed $8.3 million in withdrawal liability in connection with the termination of IHG’s operation of those hotels. Under our hotel management agreements with IHG, we may be obligated to indemnify and hold IHG harmless for some or all of any amount ultimately contributed to the pension fund with respect to these hotels. Because of the rules and regulations governing the pension trust, we have paid $854,000 to the pension trust for the last three calendar quarters and expect to continue making such payments, on a quarterly basis, while the dispute is ongoing, subject to an overall contribution limit corresponding to the amount sought by the pension trust. While we aggressively oppose the pension trust’s position, we believe that resolution of this matter may take as long as two more years. Accordingly, we have recorded the payments made to date ($854,000, in total) and accrued for eight more quarterly payments that would be made if the dispute remains unresolved for another two years (approximately $2.3 million) as a loss on the sale of hotels included in discontinued operations because it primarily relates to hotels sold prior to 2013. Despite these payments and accruals, we believe that (i) the pension trust was in error in assessing the withdrawal liability in this situation and (ii) even if the pension trust was not in error, we are not responsible for a significant portion (or perhaps any) of the withdrawal liability assessed by the pension trust for other reasons and that we are likely to recover a significant portion (if not all) of what we have paid, and may pay in the future, to the pension trust with respect to its claim. Consequently, we are vigorously disputing the underlying claims and, if appropriate, IHG’s demand for indemnification. The matter involves significant legal, actuarial and factual analysis with respect to each hotel, and we have not determined whether any loss to us is probable or that any such loss is estimable (other than the payments and accrual noted in the previous paragraph, for which we intend to seek recovery).

Contingency

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

Contingency

In April 2016, an affiliate of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, or IHG, which had formerly operated three hotels on our behalf (two of which we sold in 2006, and one of which we converted to Wyndham operation and brand in 2013), notified us that the pension fund in which the employees at those hotels had participated has assessed $8.3 million in withdrawal liability in connection with the termination of IHG’s operation of those hotels. Under our hotel management agreements with IHG, we may be obligated to indemnify and hold IHG harmless for some or all of any amount ultimately contributed to the pension fund with respect to these hotels.

Because of the rules and regulations governing the pension trust, we have paid $854,000 to the pension trust for the last three calendar quarters and expect to continue making such payments, on a quarterly basis, while the dispute is ongoing, subject to an overall contribution limit corresponding to the amount sought by the pension trust. While we aggressively oppose the pension trust’s position, we believe that resolution of this matter may take as long as two more years. Accordingly, we have recorded the payments made to date ($854,000, in total) and accrued for eight more quarterly payments that would be made if the dispute remains unresolved for another two years (approximately $2.3 million) as a loss on the sale of hotels included in discontinued operations because it primarily relates to hotels sold prior to 2013.

Despite these payments and accruals, we believe that (i) the pension trust was in error in assessing the withdrawal liability in this situation and (ii) even if the pension trust was not in error, we are not responsible for a significant portion (or perhaps any) of the withdrawal liability assessed by the pension trust for other reasons and that we are likely to recover a significant portion (if not all) of what we have paid, and may pay in the future, to the pension trust with respect to its claim. Consequently, we are vigorously disputing the underlying claims and, if appropriate, IHG’s demand for indemnification. The matter involves significant legal, actuarial and factual analysis with respect to each hotel, and we have not determined whether any loss to us is probable or that any such loss is estimable (other than the payments and accrual noted in the previous paragraph, for which we intend to seek recovery).