We finally a few years ago ripped out our carpeting and put tile in the bathroom, the great room and hallways and laundry room. The bedrooms now have wood laminate. All this is very easy to clean especially with our 2 pooches
I have back problems and the tile has been no problem. The laminate if installed right does not click clack when when walked on and has a nice soft, warm feel for the bedrooms. We love it. I personally would never have carpeting in Florida. One side note, yes it is dusty here and I am always chasing dust bunnies since they have no carpeting to hide in, but I feel my house is cleaner now instead of all that imbedding in the carpet, eeeewww.
We bought a heavy duty steam cleaner for the tile it's easy and sanitizes great!
For the laminate we got a great tip from our flooring guy up north! We bought one of those wood floor mops you can wash the cover for it, and use windex or some such glass cleaner! No streaks, cleans great and oh so easy, the floors look beautiful.