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Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014	Apr. 24, 2015
Number of Hotels	5iht_NumberOfHotels
Number of Suites	843iht_NumberOfSuites
Number of Shares of Beneficial Interest Received by Limited Partners on if Converted Basis	3,684,069
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 1,000,000
Due to Related Parties, Current	541,710us-gaap_DueToRelatedPartiesCurrent	331,390us-gaap_DueToRelatedPartiesCurrent
Related Party Transaction, Rate	7.00%us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionRate
Subsequent Event [Member]
Due to Related Parties, Current			807,000
Class A Limited Partnership Units [Member]
Units of Partnership Interest, Amount	276,131	286,034
Percentage of Total Partnership Units	2.09%	2.17%
Class B Limited Partnership Units [Member]
Units of Partnership Interest, Amount	3,407,938
Class B Limited Partnership Units [Member] \| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Units of Partnership Interest, Amount		3,407,938
General Partner Units [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Interest Held by the Trust	72.11%	72.04%
Units of Partnership Interest, Amount	9,527,448	9,517,545
Hotel Located in Yuma, Arizona [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Interest Held by the Trust	73.61%
InnSuites Hotel Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Interest Held by the Trust	50.82%
RRF Limited Partnership [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Interest Held by the Trust	72.11%	72.04%
The Trust [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	600,000
Long-term Line of Credit	125,000
The Trust [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Long-term Line of Credit			$ 0
Weighted Average [Member] \| RRF Limited Partnership [Member]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Managing Member or General Partner, Ownership Interest	72.09%	72.04%
IBC Hotels [Member]
Number of Real Estate Properties	6,300	6,300
RRF Limited Partnership [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Interest Held by the Trust	72.11%	72.04%
RRF Limited Partnership [Member] \| Hotel Located in Tucson Arizona 2 [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Held by the Trust and RRF Limited Partnership	51.01%
RRF Limited Partnership [Member] \| Hotel Located in Tucson Arizona 1 [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Held by the Trust and RRF Limited Partnership	100.00%
RRF Limited Partnership [Member] \| InnSuites Hotel Located in Ontario California [Member]
Percentage of Ownership Held by the Trust and RRF Limited Partnership	51.71%