Our Itasca has a mix of carpeting and vinyl: Padded carpeting in the entire cab area, between the dinette seats, and extending all around the lounge chair. Vinyl is in the kitchen and bathroom/shower areas. Winnebago supplied rubber mats to cover the cab carpeting in the driver's feet area and passenger's feet area. These rubber mats have a big "I" on them.
We prefer vinyl in the areas it's in and carpeting in the areas it's in. The vinyl keeps spilled liquids from seeping anywhere and is easy to clean. The padded carpet between the dinette seats muffles the sound nicely from the built-in generator down below. The padded carpet in the cab area helps muffle engine sounds and block engine heat (in addition to the exhaust manifolds' heat shields below the floor).
We sometimes like to walk around inside the coach comfortably in bare feet ... so we don't like to walk on vinyl and don't like dirty carpeting. We also don't like to clean carpets permanently installed on floors, so we bought 5 throw rugs - color matched to the coach interior - to cover the vinyl areas and to cover all capeted areas where feet go (except where the Winnebago supplied rubber mats already cover the carpeting). We just periodically remove the throw rugs and shake them out on camping trips, or launder them in the washing machine between trips. The throw rugs are inexpensive and can easily be replaced every few years.
The throw rugs have non-slip backing, which keeps them from skidding on the vinyl flooring. In 9 years the vinyl has not yellowed - maybe yellowing has something to do with the type of vinyl used or the type of non-stick backing used on the throw rugs. :h
