I used booking.com to plan a short holiday earlier this year. It messed up the card payment failure with zero feedback, so I wasn't sure whether any payment had

I used booking.com to plan a short holiday earlier this year. It messed up the card payment failure with zero feedback, so I wasn't sure whether any payment had gone through or not. Long story short, I just booked the flights on the airline website and the hotel room through the hotel website. Price difference was maybe 20 EUR give or take, with very little extra inconvenience. And I had the assurance that if there were any problems, I could just contact the airline or hotel directly without having to deal with booking.com.