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We have THREE types of floors on our first floor alone. The office is carpeted. The kitchen and tv room are wide plank black bamboo. The hallway, hall bath, formal living and dining room are a pale 2 1/2" maple.
It could depend on the age of the house or the style. It was very common for historic homes to have the good wood on the first floor like cherry or oak on floor and maybe stair rail, riser, baluster, newel post and the less expensive wood on the second floor and treads. It was a show of wealth and how much wealth. If you were really wealthy you did the best wood on both floors and strong wood for the treads though.
The great majority of LVT and LVP is made in China. Doesn't mean it's inferior. Lots of wood flooring made there too. Just do your research on the company that is selling the product.
The stairs would be the hardest transition but typically speaking having two different floor coverings wouldn't be bad as long as they are separated. As far as the material goes, buy a sample and take a scouring pad to it. If it scuffs easily enough I wouldn't put it around kids. You could always grab a sample from the leftover pile for repairs and try to match it.
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