lots of great advice here
i'm not sure on the cost, but when we built our place we asked our builder about this. his recommendation was to pour a concrete slab first, then once it's cured for a couple days add the pavers on top - this 'guarantees' you're pavers won't have highs/lows (assuming your concrete pad is level and smooth). a good idea but pricey.
when we finally did our patio, we just did it on sand (it is covered by the upper-floor deck) - got the area as smooth as we could, wet it down, compacted, smoothed, compacted, etc, then laid the pavers and then swept sand over everything. it still looks great and that was 5 years ago.
one thing i did a couple years ago was to roll some high gloss sealer over the pavers - wow - what a difference. they have that 'wet look' - it's looks great - it really brings out the colour in the pavers.
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