Accounting Policies [Abstract] Accounting Policies [Abstract] Amounts due from customers for goods, services, and vacation ownership contracts that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business. Amounts are net of related allowances established for estimated uncollectible amounts. Accounts And Contracts Receivable Net Accounts and contracts receivable Accounts and contracts receivable (including $5 and $5 from VIEs, respectively) Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items] Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] Accounts Notes Loans And Financing Receivable By Receivable Type [Axis] AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivable Accounts Payable Current And Noncurrent Accounts payable The current carrying amount of the liability for potential future funding. Accrual For Potential Future Funding Accrued liability for additional funding Accrued Liabilities Current And Noncurrent Accrued liabilities Accrued liabilities (including $2 and $1 from VIEs, respectively) Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax Accumulated other comprehensive income Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Additional Paid In Capital Common Stock Additional paid-in capital Additional Paid In Capital [Member] Additional Paid-In Capital Amount recognized as an expense during the period to reduce the carrying amount of several projects as part of the evaluation of the entire portfolio. The impairment charge includes inventory, and property, plant and equipment. Adjustment Asset Impairment Charges Impairment Impairment charges Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation And Exercise Of Stock Options Amounts related to share-based compensation Adjustments To Reconcile Net Income Loss To Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities [Abstract] Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense Share-based compensation expense related to award grants Allowance For Credit Losses On Financing Receivables Table [Text Block] Notes Receivable Reserves Amended Credit Agreement [Member] Amended Credit Agreement [Member] Amended Credit Agreement Amendment Flag Amendment Flag Amortization Of Financing Costs Amortization of debt issuance costs Debt issuance cost amortization Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount Shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share (in shares) Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share By Antidilutive Securities [Axis] Antidilutive Securities Antidilutive Securities Name [Domain] Antidilutive Securities, Name [Domain] Asia Pacific [Member] Asia Pacific Assets Total Assets Total Assets Assets [Abstract] ASSETS Award Type [Axis] Award Type Balance Sheet Location [Axis] Balance Sheet Location [Axis] Balance Sheet Location [Domain] Balance Sheet Location [Domain] Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation Basis Of Presentation And Principles Of Consolidation Policy [Text Block] Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation Capitalized organizational and separation related costs. 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100,000,000 shares authorized; 35,369,314 and 35,026,533 shares issued and outstanding, respectively Compensation Related Costs Policy [Text Block] Compensation Related Costs Policy Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due Current Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due Current Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments due in 2013 Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due In Five Years Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due In Five Years Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments due in 2017 Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due In Four Years Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due In Four Years Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments due in 2016 Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due In Three Years Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due In Three Years Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments due in 2015 Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due In Two Years Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments Due In Two Years Contractual Commitments Future Minimum Payments due in 2014 Contractual Obligation Unfunded purchase commitments Corporate And Other [Member] Corporate and Other Corporate Note Securities [Member] Note Receivable Securities Cost Of Reimbursable Expense Cost reimbursements Costs And Expenses TOTAL EXPENSES TOTAL EXPENSES Costs And Expenses [Abstract] EXPENSES Current Fiscal Year End Date Current Fiscal Year End Date Customer Advances And Deposits Advance deposits Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Debt Balance at end of period Debt (including $643 and $674 from VIEs, respectively) Debt Debt Disclosure [Abstract] Debt Disclosure [Abstract] Debt Disclosure [Line Items] Debt Disclosure [Line Items] Debt Disclosure [Line Items] Debt Disclosure [Table] Debt Disclosure [Table] Debt Disclosure [Table] Debt Disclosure [Text Block] Debt Debt Instrument [Axis] Debt Instrument [Axis] Debt Instrument Basis Spread On Variable Rate 1 Series A preferred stock, basic point Debt Instrument Covenant Description Credit facility covenant description Debt Instrument Interest Rate Effective Percentage Debt effective interest rate Debt Instrument Interest Rate Stated Percentage Debt, stated interest rate Debt Instrument [Line Items] Debt Instrument [Line Items] Debt Instrument Name [Domain] Debt Instrument, Name [Domain] Debt Instrument [Table] Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table] Debt [Member] Debt Debt Weighted Average Interest Rate Debt, weighted average interest rate The amount of defaulted mortgage notes receivable that were voluntarily repurchased for the period." Defaulted Mortgage Loans Repurchased Voluntary repurchases of defaulted vacation ownership notes receivable Deferred Compensation Liability Current And Noncurrent Deferred compensation liability Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit Deferred income taxes Deferred Income Tax Liabilities Deferred taxes Deferred Revenue Deferred revenue Depreciation Depreciation Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract] Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments [Text Block] Share-Based Compensation Disclosure of variable interest entities (VIE), including, but not limited to the nature, purpose, size, and activities of the VIE, the carrying amount and classification of consolidated assets that are collateral for the VIE's obligations, lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of a consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary. An enterprise that holds a significant variable interest in a VIE but is not the primary beneficiary may disclose the nature of its involvement with the VIE and when that involvement began, the nature, purpose, size, and activities of the VIE and the enterprise's maximum exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with the VIE. Disclosure Of Variable Interest Entities [Text Block] Variable Interest Entities Document Document and Entity Information [Abstract] Document Document And Entity Information [Abstract] Document Documentand Entity Information [Abstract] Document Fiscal Period Focus Document Fiscal Period Focus Document Fiscal Year Focus Document Fiscal Year Focus Document Information [Line Items] Document Information [Line Items] Document Period End Date Document Period End Date Document Type Document Type Earnings Per Share [Abstract] Earnings Per Share [Abstract] Earnings Per Share Basic Basic earnings (loss) per share Basic earnings per share Earnings Per Share Basic [Abstract] Computation of Basic Earnings Per Share Earnings Per Share Diluted Diluted earnings (loss) per share Diluted earnings per share Earnings Per Share Diluted [Abstract] Computation of Diluted Earnings Per Share Earnings Per Share Disclosure [Line Items] Earnings Per Share Disclosure [Line Items] Earnings Per Share Disclosure [Line Items] Earnings Per Share Disclosure [Table] Earnings Per Share Disclosure [Table] Earnings Per Share Disclosure [Table] Earnings Per Share [Text Block] Earnings Per Share Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash And Cash Equivalents Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents Eligible for Securitization [Member] Eligible For Securitization [Member] Eligible for Securitization Employee [Member] Employee [Member] Employee Employee Related Liabilities Current And Noncurrent Payroll and benefits liability Employees And Non Employee Directors [Member] Employees And Non Employee Directors [Member] Employees and Non Employee Directors Employee Service Share Based Compensation Nonvested Awards Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized Deferred compensation costs related to unvested awards Entities [Table] Entities [Table] Entity Central Index Key Entity Central Index Key Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding Entity [Domain] Entity [Domain] Entity Filer Category Entity Filer Category Entity Listings Instrument [Axis] Entity Listings, Instrument Entity Registrant Name Entity Registrant Name Equity [Abstract] Equity [Abstract] Equity Component [Domain] Equity Component [Domain] Equity Investment And Loan Receivable [Member] Equity Investment And Loan Receivable [Member] Equity Investment And Loan Receivable Error Corrections And Prior Period Adjustments Description Description of the impact of the adjustment on previously reported cash flows and balance sheet Error Corrections And Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items] Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items] Europe [Member] Europe Exercise Price, stock options and SARs not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share because exercise prices exceeded average market prices for the applicable periods. 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If a reporting lag exists, the closing date of the entity having a different period end is generally noted, along with an explanation of the necessity for using different closing dates. Any intervening events that materially affect the entity's financial position or results of operations are generally also disclosed. Fiscal Period Table [Text Block] Each Reference to Particular Year in These Financial Statements Means Fiscal Year Ended on Date Shown Fiscal Years 2012 Fiscal Years Twenty Twelve [Member] Fiscal Year 2012 Fiscal Year 2013 [Member] Fiscal Year Twenty Thirteen [Member] Fiscal Year 2013 Future Minimum Payments Receivable [Line Items] Future Minimum Payments Receivable [Line Items] Future Minimum Payments Receivable [Line Items] Future Minimum Payments Receivable [Table] Future Minimum Payments Receivable [Table] Future Minimum Payments Receivable [Table] Gain Loss On Sale Of Property Plant Equipment Gain on disposal of property and equipment, net General And Administrative Expense General and administrative Guarantee Obligations By Nature [Axis] Guarantor Obligations, Nature [Axis] Guarantee Obligations, Carrying Value Guarantee Obligations Carrying Value Liability for Expected Future Fundings Guarantee Obligations [Line Items] Guarantor Obligations [Line Items] Guarantee Obligations Maximum Exposure Maximum Potential Amount of Future Fundings Guarantee Obligations Nature [Domain] Guarantor Obligations, Nature [Domain] How The Maximum Exposure To Loss Is Determined Qualitative Maximum Loss Exposure, Determination Methodology Impact Of Restatement On Opening Retained Earnings Net Of Tax Cumulative impact of restatement on reported net income tax Impairment Reversal on Equity Investment Impairment Reversal On Equity Investment Impairment reversals on equity investment Impairment reversals on equity investment Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES Segment financial results Income Statement [Abstract] Income Statement [Abstract] Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] Income Taxes Income Taxes [Line Items] Income Taxes [Line Items] Income Taxes [Line Items] Income Taxes [Table] Income Taxes [Table] Income Taxes [Table] Income Tax Examination Description Income Tax Examination Description Income Tax Expense Benefit (Provision) Benefit for income taxes Provision for income taxes Increase Decrease In Accounts And Other Receivables Accounts and contracts receivable Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities Accounts payable, advance deposits and accrued liabilities Increase Decrease In Customer Loyalty Program Liability Liability for Marriott Rewards customer loyalty program Increase Decrease In Deferred Compensation Deferred compensation liability Increase Decrease In Deferred Revenue Deferred revenue Increase Decrease In Employee Related Liabilities Payroll and benefit liabilities Increase Decrease In Inventories Inventory Increase Decrease In Operating Capital [Abstract] Net change in assets and liabilities: Increase Decrease In Other Operating Assets Other assets Increase Decrease In Other Operating Liabilities Other liabilities Increase Decrease In Restricted Cash Decrease in restricted cash Additional shares included in the calculation of diluted EPS as a result of the potentially dilutive effect of share based payment arrangements for Restricted Stock Units using the treasury stock method. Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Restricted Stock Units Restricted stock units Additional shares included in the calculation of diluted EPS as a result of the potentially dilutive effect of share based payment arrangements for stock options and Stock Appreciation Rights using the treasury stock method. Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Stock Option And Stock Appreciation Right Plans Employee stock options and SARs Information By Financial Statement Line Item [Axis] Information by Financial Statement Line Item Information Systems and Technology Information Systems And Technology [Member] Information technology hardware and software Instrument [Domain] Instrument [Domain] Interest Expense Interest