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, Ownership Percentage Sold

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126954810&loc=d3e3602-108585

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109239629&loc=SL4582445-111684

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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 outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126954810&loc=d3e3291-108585

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Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) - Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale $ in Thousands, ¥ in Millions				12 Months Ended
	Aug. 24, 2020	Jun. 16, 2020 JPY (¥)	Jun. 16, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Travelzoo Japan
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ownership percentage sold		100.00%	100.00%
Gain (loss) on disposition of business			$ 128
Duration of royalty payments (in years)		5 years	5 years
Interest free loan amount		¥ 46.0	$ 430	¥ 46.0	$ 430
Term (in years)		3 years	3 years
Repayments of debt					$ 133
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 (in years)	5 years