It seemed to work okay for us, but we'll see after a few good rains. (We've still got to do this last step for part of our yard). Ours is intended to look 'rustic' so we were okay with knowing that there might be some settling. Depending on the gap I don't think working the sand into the gaps is an issue. Ours typically have a 1/8" to 1/4" gap, in part to accommodate the occasionally irregular dimensions of the bricks we were using. If your pavers fit well, you might opt for a smaller gap and then working sand into the gaps would probably require a compactor.
*Absolutely everything I say here should be taken with the context that I'm nowhere close to an expert on any of this. I did a lot of online research on this myself, and basically came to the conclusion that there are contradictory opinions on absolutely everything related to laying pavers. Our decision process involved a lot of my wife and I going back and forth about how we should do it until one of us got frustrated and said "let's just do it this way."
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