CEREMONY HELP! Are you having ushers to seat your guests? Or are they seating themselves?

We are doing everything pretty casual, so we have no need for ushers. We will save the front row as reserved though, and everyone else can sit wherever they want.

We will definitely be having ushers to direct people to their seats, etc and help things go smoothly. Ours is pretty formal and the ceremony is held at a church so that's the norm.

I have 2 ushers but they are NOT groomsmen. I have them escort the mom's down the aisle for candle lighting, then they assist the mothers to their seats. Then they walk off to the side and wait for groomsmen, groom, bridesmaids, flower girls/ring boys (if you have them) to come down the aisle. Then the ushers roll out the aisle runner for me to step on when I'm entering. After the aisle runner has been rolled out, either they sit in the back or come back to their seats.

My wedding is a formal church wedding. Hope this helps you~!

I had ushers walk certain ppl down like my mom, and grandmothers but everyone else seated themselves and they closed off the middle aisle so that the guests couldnt walk down the aisle

I had my brother and DH's brother seat people--mostly just finding available seats, not actually walking them there. We didn't have "my side" and "his side" but we did put family in seats in front, and we figured they'd know who all the family members were and be able to help with that. Also, there were some issues with family members not liking each other but I have good relationships with both sides so wanted to make sure they were near the front but not near each other. My brother knows the family dynamic there so it was easier to just have him deal with it.

Yes -it's very much still a thing. Almost wedding wedding I've attended or set up/sold (florist) had the groomsmen do it. Some do have separate people as ushers, but really I mean.... what do the groomsmen do otherwise while people arrive?

ETA: We are not doing this but only because we just have immediate family only. If every can make it up from TX (my siblings), we'll end up with a whopping 18 people to be seated (22 in attendance including me, FH, my MOH, and his Best Man)

We are having ushers.

Yes some of the groomsman will pull double duty

2 of our 6 GM Will be ushers and then will come back to get in line to walk out for the wedding

I think we will have a couple just if needed. We aren't going to split up family sides in the church but instead let everyone sit wherever they want.

I don't think we'll have ushers but we're also only renting enough seats for each guest. I'm thinking we'll label reserved seating and toying with the idea that FH's parents will enter at the start of the processional, then my mom and brother then the wedding party. Still working on this part though.

No ushers for us. I actually haven't been to too many weddings around here where there have been ushers, only one recently that was very formal. We're doing an afternoon outdoor wedding, so I don't really think it's necessary for us.

At most of my weddings, the groomsmen usher people to their seats, tell them to turn off their phones, hand out programs and bubbles etc. Then we go up the aisle.

I'd say that if you want to include other people in the wedding besides the BP, this is a good way to do it.

Most people know not to sit in the first two rows, but in any case, I'd have reserved signs on those rows.

I had never considered having ushers before this thread. It sounds like a good idea, but I also think people are pretty capable of seating themselves. The last few weddings I've been to didn't have them, but if we decide to have programs and an unplugged ceremony, it might be nice to have people to hand them out and remind people.

I have 2 ushers and they will only be seating parents and grandparents.

We are not having ushers, the first 2 rows on each side will have "reserved" signs for our family. I think its only necessary if you have a very large wedding.

We aren't. We only have 1 groomsman

We are having ushers help guests get seats at the ceremony and to help direct people to the elevators down to the cocktail hour after the ceremony. We only have 2 elevators and there are 185+ guests, so getting everyone downstairs quickly and efficiently might be a challenge. We also may have the ushers hold four poles as our chuppah, since florists are asking for a ton of money to build a standing one.

I am going to have my two brothers as ushers because they aren't in the wedding. They will be greeting people as they come down to the ceremony (you enter through a building upstairs) and taking them to their seats.

We forgot. I honestly didn't think of it at all in planning...nobody asked...and only one person mentioned that she noticed we didn't have them. She wasn't pleased.

Nobody died. It was ok.