Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012
Number of Hotels	5
Number of Suites	843
Number of Shares of Beneficial Interest Received by Limited Partners on If-Converted Basis (in Shares)	3,693,972
Number of Partnership Units Purchased During Period by the Trust (in Shares)	7,631	75,726
Number of Partnership Units Purchased During Period by the Trust, Price Per Unit (in Dollars per share)	$ 2.10	$ 1.73
Expected Reduction in Capital Improvements from Prior Year (in Dollars)	$ 800,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity (in Dollars)	600,000	500,000
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding (in Dollars)	$ 450,000
Class A Limited Partnership Units [Member]
Units of Partnership Interest, Amount (in Shares)	286,034	293,665
Percentage of Total Partnership Units	2.17%	2.22%
Class B Limited Partnership Units [Member] | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Units of Partnership Interest, Amount (in Shares)	3,407,938	3,407,938
General Partner Units [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Interest Held by the Trust	72.04%	71.98%
Units of Partnership Interest, Amount (in Shares)	9,517,545	9,509,914
Weighted Average [Member] | RRF Limited Partnership [Member]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Managing Member or General Partner, Ownership Interest	72.04%	71.73%
RRF Limited Partnership [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Interest Held by the Trust	72.04%	71.98%
Hotel Located in Tucson, Arizona [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Interest Held by the Trust	100.00%
Percentage of Ownership Held by the Trust and RRF Limited Partnership		58.11%
A InnSuites Hotel Located in Ontario, California [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Held by the Trust and RRF Limited Partnership		61.83%
InnSuites Hotel Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Interest Held by the Trust		50.13%