[brabel]

I've been booking using booking.com for several years, but not exclusively. As the author notes, it was not always full of dark patterns as it is today... and it's always been reliable and easy to book, view locations, compare prices etc. One of the best UIs for booking hotels I've found. I sometimes check AirBnb as well (if hotel is not my favourite option for some trip) and even the hotel's websites directly. Booking.com seems to get lower prices or at least match the hotels in most cases.

There are lots of other websites for booking hotels. But after trying a few, I don't see any advantage over booking.com so that's what I use (and ignore the dark patterns if possible).