Hello past and future brides!! I have been reading this thread for months now! I am happy to announce that we have finally nailed down all of our details! We will be getting married at the Gran Palladium White sands on February 6th, 2014!!! We have requested a 4 pm ceremony time, but so far it looks like it will be 2 pm! We have also narrowed it down, and waiting to hear from our photographer of choice! Vanessa said it would not cost us anything for them to come onto the resort. We have chosen Blue Lens Caribe. They have very affordable package options and their photos are beautiful We chose the 'Waves of Love package'....we LOVED the star fish and sea shell theme with the blue! Our dinner will be at Portifino at 6 pm...still haven't decided between the chicken or the steak! And after we are heading to Las Rocas for our cocktail party. We made it for 3 hours, and with drinks only. I figured its right after dinner, and if people are hungry they can pick something up after the party! Originally we were going to do the beach bash, but it was just getting too costly! We will be travelling from Halifax with our group of (hopefully) 40 people! Im sure I will think of more things that we have finished but I do have to say that so far, dealing with Vanessa has been amazing! She seems to really have everything figured out! Any and all advice from you gals is greatly appreciated!! Happy planning to you all!!