No experience, but for most any amateur looking for a host (and wanting to avoid scans) I can heartily recommend NearlyFreeSpeech.net.

I had a web-hosting account and registered a couple of domains with them. They pretend to be a Domain Name Registrar, however they are not! They will register your domains with Tucows, Inc. (in their own name) so you will not be able to manage your domain names directly as with the real registrars. If you ever ask for a refund, you will have trouble recovering your money!