I'm getting married in Panama in March 2010 in a town called Portobello on the Atlantic coast. My FI mother knows a family who owns property right on the water so we're pretty much setting up everything ourselves. No wedding planner. I just went down in Dec. to meet with the caterer and we booked a photographer. We're also going through a tour agency who is setting up transportation, tour options for guests, and hotel booking options for guests. I'll arrive a week before the wedding to get everything else in order. We already got married here in the US so we dont have to deal with the crazy tests and paperwork down there.