Shareholders' Equity - Share-based Compensation (Details)	May 25, 2016 USD ($) trustee shares
Number of Shares
Shares granted \| shares	2,500
Trustees
Shareholders' Equity
Market value of common stock issued per trustee \| $	$ 25.50
Common Stock Granted to Trustees, Number of Trustees \| trustee	5

Represents the number of trustees to whom stock was granted.

No definition available.

Name:	hpt_CommonStockGrantedToTrusteesNumberOfTrustees
Namespace Prefix:	hpt_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Market value of shares, newly issued during the reporting period under the plan, to each individual.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	hpt_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardMarketValueOfSharesIssuedInPeriodToEachIndividual
Namespace Prefix:	hpt_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:sharesItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedRollForward
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

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.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis=hpt_TrusteesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: