How to use create function instead of perform create in ListCreateApiView in django rest framework

I am trying to create a booking api for a website.

For this, I used perform_create function in ListCreateApiView. But, it was someone else who helped me and told me to use perform_create function.

But, I was thinking, it should be possible using create function and is a right approach rather than perform_create function.

Also, I don't really know the difference between these two functions and don't really know when to use which

Here is my code:

    class BookingCreateAPIView(ListCreateAPIView):
        permission_classes= [IsAuthenticated]
        queryset = Booking.objects.all()
        serializer_class = BookingSerializer
    
        def perform_create(self, serializer):
            # user = self.request.user
            package = get_object_or_404(Package, pk= self.kwargs['pk'])
            serializer.save(user=self.request.user,package=package)

Here is my serializer:

    class BookingSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
        # blog = serializers.StringRelatedField()
        class Meta:
            model = Booking
            fields = ['name', 'email', 'phone', 'bookedfor']

Here is my model:

    class Booking(models.Model):
        user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
        package = models.ForeignKey(Package, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='package')
        name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
        email = models.EmailField()
        phone = models.CharField(max_length=255)
        bookedfor = models.DateField()
        created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    
    
        class Meta:
            ordering = ('created_at',)