In reference to the welcome dinner....We have decided to have a bonfire on the beach after all of our guests have arrived. Most of our guests are coming on Saturday, so we were thinking possibly Monday night and the wedding is not until Thursday. This way people in our group who don't know each other will be able to recognize each other around the resort. I believe the bonfire is $150 an hour, which is steep for a bonfire. But, we will only be having it from approx 8-10 pm. My WC, Jennifer, quoted me for $550 per hour for an open bar during the bonfire, but that was when we were going to have a cocktail hour with food. We have changed our mind on that and now only want the bonfire and the open bar, so not sure how much that will be. I will be checking on that soon tho.....