I have always swore by leather. It's easy to clean and maintain. I have 3 kids ages 7,4, & 2! I went with cloth in my journey mainly because that's all they had on the lot in the new models but I will say I'm very very impressed. I have the black cloth interior and it hides EVERYTHING! It's also scotch gaurded. The kids got candy and pop and chips on it and you can't see a thing! My interior still looks new after a month of severe abuse lol. I'm sure I u got a lighter color it wouldn't be as nice for cloth but if you have to stay in cloth go black! It's been amazing with my kids messes