What kind of flooring do you have in your waiting area, office, and any other area of the dance studio?

Mine was an old building with the original wood floors. I put in two area rugs to keep the ones in tap shoes from making noise while waiting.

Mines painted concrete. It was already done when we moved in. Its ok but can be very slippery especially in tap shoes and after I've waxed. I have a rug in front of the cubbies where the students change shoes to help with sound and slipping.

That faux wood vinyl flooring in the waiting areas & bathroom. Carpet in the office. Landlord put it all in and the vinyl is easy to keep clean. Obviously our dance floor is a raised sprung floor and not vinyl over concrete.

VCT (vinyl composite tile). It works well - cheap, no grout, super easy to keep clean.

Mine is super-short-pile carpet in a brown/black/gray mottled pattern that shows NO DIRT--yay! The carpet was already there when we moved in 7 yrs ago, & it's just now starting to look worn. It's held up great. Hoping to move before I have to replace it!

We carpeted the hallway and lobby with a inside/outside grey carpet from homedepot...and did it ourselves. It was a pain but we literally saved thousands by doing it ourselves.
We have tile in the bathrooms, and like a pergo in the changing room.

I have commercial grade tiles.

Used to have carpet and after people tracking in mud, dirt, water from rain and all...it started to smell...and BAD!

After that, I would never put carpet...any kind of carpet where you have high traffic in and out.