Wood or tile is the question we get most on floors, and the answer in Central Florida is different from the answer up north. Humidity, concrete slabs and the way houses get lived in here change the math.
Start with the slab
Almost every house around here sits on a concrete slab, and concrete holds moisture. That matters a lot for wood and not much for tile. Solid hardwood nailed to a subfloor isn't really an option on slab. What you can do is engineered wood, glued down or floated, over a moisture barrier, after the slab has been tested. Skip the test and you can get cupping or a floor that lifts.
Tile doesn't care about moisture. What it cares about is movement. Slabs crack and shift a little over the years, and a crack in the slab will telegraph straight up through a tile bonded to it. That's what an uncoupling membrane is for.
Humidity and AC
Wood moves with humidity. In a house that stays air-conditioned it's fine. In a house that's closed up for the summer, or a room with a lot of outside air, engineered wood handles it better than solid, and tile doesn't notice.
Underfoot
Wood is warmer and softer. Tile is cool, which is a feature in August and a bug in January. Dropped glasses survive wood more often than tile. Tile survives dogs, sand and wet bathing suits better than wood.
Water
Bathrooms, laundry rooms and mudrooms: tile. Kitchens: either, though a leak under the dishwasher ruins wood and does nothing to tile. Living areas and bedrooms: either.
Repairs and the long run
A damaged tile can be swapped if you kept spares, so keep a box. Wood scratches show, but engineered wood with a decent wear layer can be refinished once or twice. Wood-look porcelain tile has gotten good enough that a lot of people who want the look of wood in a wet house go that way.
Cost
Material prices overlap a lot. Labor is usually higher for tile because it takes longer: setting, curing, grouting. Removing old tile is also more work than removing old wood or carpet, and it's dusty.
What we'd tell a friend
If you want wood, get engineered, have the slab tested, and keep the house cooled. If you have big dogs, a pool, or kids who track in half the beach, look hard at wood-look porcelain. And whichever you pick, spend the money on prep. Nobody has ever regretted a flat subfloor.