Equity (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			33 Months Ended	45 Months Ended
	May 31, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2014
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Shares Issued, Price Per Share		$ 11.25
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock		$ 198,600,000
Units of Partnership Interest, Amount		18,400,000
Series A Preferred Stock
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Preferred shares, shares authorized (in shares)			20,000,000		20,000,000
Annual cumulative dividend (in dollars per share)					$ 1.95
Conversion ratio			0.7752		0.7752
Series C Preferred Stock [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Annual return (as a percent)	8.00%
Redemption of Preferred Stock, Value	$ 170,400,000
Redeemable Preferred Stock Dividends	491,000
Series C Preferred Stock [Member] | Accumulated Deficit
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Redemption of Preferred Stock, Value	$ 6,100,000
Joint Venture
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Proceeds from redeemable preferred equity					$ 700,000	$ 600,000	$ 1,800,000		$ 45,000,000
Annual return (as a percent)					3.25%
Annual return equity not redeemed (as a percent)					8.00%
Non-compounding annual return (as a percent)					0.25%
RLJ Lodging Trust Limited Partnership [Member] | General Partner
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Company's ownership interest in OP units through a combination of direct and indirect interests (as a percent)					100.00%
Rangers Sub I, LLC
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Membership units, units outstanding (in shares)			1		1
Preferred equity in a consolidated joint venture, liquidation value of $45,430 and $44,667 at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively			$ 44,430,000		$ 44,430,000
Common shares of beneficial interest, par value (in dollars per share)			$ 0		$ 0
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock			$ 0
Preferred shares, shares authorized (in shares)			0		0
Preferred shares, par value (in dollars per share)			$ 0		$ 0
Rangers Sub I, LLC | Predecessor
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Membership units, units outstanding (in shares)						0
Preferred equity in a consolidated joint venture, liquidation value of $45,430 and $44,667 at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively						$ 43,783,000
Common shares of beneficial interest, par value (in dollars per share)						$ 0.01
Stock repurchased during the period, Value						$ 30,462,000	14,362,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock				$ 0		$ 0	198,648,000
Preferred shares, shares authorized (in shares)						20,000,000
Preferred shares, par value (in dollars per share)						$ 0.01
Redemption of Preferred Stock, Value				$ 0		$ 0	$ (169,986,000)
Rangers Sub I, LLC | Predecessor | Common Stock
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Common shares repurchased and retired (in shares)						4,609,855	1,971,188
Stock repurchased during the period, Value						$ 45,000	$ 20,000
Shares, Issued				139,095,285		137,990,097	141,807,821			124,605,074
Rangers Sub I, LLC | Predecessor | Accumulated Deficit
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Stock repurchased during the period, Value						$ 30,417,000	$ 14,342,000
Redemption of Preferred Stock, Value							(6,096,000)
Rangers Sub I, LLC | Limited Partners
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Company's ownership interest in OP units through a combination of direct and indirect interests (as a percent)					99.00%
Rangers General Partner, LLC [Member] | General Partner
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Company's ownership interest in OP units through a combination of direct and indirect interests (as a percent)					1.00%
FelCor Lodging LP
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Membership units, units outstanding (in shares)			1		1
Preferred equity in a consolidated joint venture, liquidation value of $45,430 and $44,667 at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively			$ 44,430,000		$ 44,430,000
Common shares of beneficial interest, par value (in dollars per share)			$ 0		$ 0
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock			$ 0
Preferred shares, shares authorized (in shares)			0		0
Preferred shares, par value (in dollars per share)			$ 0		$ 0
FelCor Lodging LP | Predecessor
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Membership units, units outstanding (in shares)						0
Preferred equity in a consolidated joint venture, liquidation value of $45,430 and $44,667 at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively						$ 43,783,000
Common shares of beneficial interest, par value (in dollars per share)						$ 0.01
Stock repurchased during the period, Value						$ 30,462,000	14,362,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock				$ 0		$ 0	198,648,000
Preferred shares, shares authorized (in shares)						20,000,000
Preferred shares, par value (in dollars per share)						$ 0.01
Redemption of Preferred Stock, Value				$ 0		$ 0	(169,986,000)
FelCor Lodging LP | Predecessor | Common Stock
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Share repurchase program, authorized amount							$ 100,000,000.0
Common shares repurchased and retired (in shares)						4,600,000.0	2,000,000.0	6,600,000.0
Stock repurchased during the period, Value						$ 30,462,000	$ 14,362,000	$ 44,800,000
Shares, Issued		18,400,000
Redemption of Preferred Stock, Value							$ (574,000)
FelCor Lodging Trust
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Common shares of beneficial interest, par value (in dollars per share)				$ 0.01
Common stock, conversion basis					0.362
Annual cumulative dividend (in dollars per share)					$ 1.95
Preferred shares, par value (in dollars per share)				$ 0.01
RLJ Lodging Trust [Member] | Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Annual cumulative dividend (in dollars per share)					1.95
Preferred shares, par value (in dollars per share)			$ 0.01		$ 0.01