Alternatives to numbering tables on seating chart

Flowers is really neat! Then you could maybe have that type of flower on that table. Or maybe if you have a theme it could be constellations or hues of color!

I like the idea of naming the tables after flowers! So a “Rose table” sounds super cute for a garden wedding

I wouldn’t think that as a guest. I just went back and looked at ours and our tables 12-15 were “most important” and closest to our sweetheart table. We had 20 tables total. But it’s totally fine to label them other ways as long as guests can find their table easily.

I sayeth flower names sounds lovely!

I like flower names as well

I like the idea of naming tables! That's what we are doing. Since we are getting married at a historic site that is a ski lodge, we are naming the tables after the ski runs.

I think that’s a great idea. I’ve always liked when people do that for weddings.

I think numbers are fine and you may be overthinking it. But if you want an alternate the flower name is a good idea or you could also use numbers that are significant to you, such as the date of your dating anniversary, the address number of the first place you lived together, your ages when you met and so on.

I love that idea of using flower names! I may steal your idea!❤️

That would be nice. I had a friend who had a literary themed wedding and did book titles as the table numbers

I’m doing musical instruments bc im a musician. I knew my mom and dad would be angry if one of them was table 1 and table 2 🙄

View Quoted Comment I agree with this. Guests will judge the importance of a table based on how close it is to the bride and groom. I think alternatives are cute as long as it’s easy to find tables (which is why numbers can be useful). If you guests are in multiple rooms does it make sense to name or number the rooms to help facilitate finding their table?

I have never thought about the table numbers as importance levels. I like the idea of naming the tables after flowers though! Very creative and fun!

I personally hate when there aren't numbers. It just makes it a lot harder to find the table. At least with numbers there is a flow that can be understandable. There would be no rhyme or reason of where "rose" should be in relation to "tulip".

No one is going to think they're less than for being at a higher number. Maybe if you wanna include the flowers do them with the numbers?

Bit of overthinking— my tables weren’t numbered by importance but by placement. I think the BEST tables were like 13 or 5.

Names are cute— especially when they correlate to something unique to the couple (I think my favorite was places the couple had traveled together, complete with a picture of them there), but bear in mind, the advantage to numbers is that they go in a specific order, making it easy to actually locate the table . If you have a large number of guests. You’ll likely want to include some sort of map/key to help people actually locate the tables if they have non-numerical names so they’re not walking around in circles checking the labels on each table

I don't think so, I think you are totally fine numbering and no one is offended. I'e never thought that at a wedding. To me if you have more than 5 tables, finding a table not based on a number is confusing.

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My MOH did that at her wedding - ski instructor and ski patrol married at a ski resort. Love the flower idea for sure! I was thinking the same thing about maybe not doing numbers, but we'll see where we land on that.