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Savvy June 2018

Family Assigned Seating - Everyone else not

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Nicole, on May 31, 2018 at 2:03 PM

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I really have no idea how to do this. LOL. While attempting to figure out seating I realized my guests had not given me the names of their +1's which made it nearly impossible to assign seats to everyone without things getting super awkward. So I decided we will only assign seats to aunts, uncles and elderly guests. Everyone else will seat themselves.

Our ushers will be at the door and will take names and direct traffic. "Anne? You are at Table 5. Jim? Feel free to choose any table."

I haven't been too concerned with 'etiquette' throughout this process but because of the nature of our venue we want to ensure our aunts, uncles and elderly are closest to the head table so they can easily access the bathrooms.

This seemed the easiest way to do partial assigned seats while also avoiding confusion (since ushers will help people to find their position).

Thoughts? And if you say: Assign everyone or assign no one... then how on earth do I figure out the +1's who don't have a name? How do I assign them a seat?? I'm so lost on this one. Haha.

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Master October 2016
Mrs. Fall Bride · on June 1, 2018 at 4:21 PM
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"...Our ushers will be at the door and will take names and direct traffic. "Anne? You are at Table 5. Jim? Feel free to choose any table. I haven't been too concerned with 'etiquette' throughout this process..."
This is a joke, right? You get the plus-ones' names by asking the guests what their plus-ones' names are. You really should be more concerned with etiquette.
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Savvy June 2018
Nicole · on June 1, 2018 at 4:54 PM
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LOL! Yes, that part was meant to be funny.
But ushers will STILL be directing traffic despite my decision to have full assigned seating.
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Master October 2016
Mrs. Fall Bride · on June 1, 2018 at 4:56 PM
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Directing traffic is fine, but they need to direct everyone to a particular table, not just some people.
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Savvy June 2018
Nicole · on June 1, 2018 at 5:03 PM
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Yes, that was always the plan. I think perhaps my sense of humor coupled with the nature of the post confused people. And that's fine. I got things sorted. I appreciate all the advice in the thread.
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Savvy June 2018
Nicole · on June 4, 2018 at 3:20 PM
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This just got infinitely more complicated. My parents have been willy-nilly inviting people. I don't have names, they can't even remember all the names. I've made the seating chart and left a few tables empty with instructions to my ushers to direct those 'extra' guests to the empty seats.

At this point I'm glad I've assigned seating to family and actual guests. The extras ... well.. that's on my parents. Not much I can do about it at this point.

BTW: My parents are not paying for this wedding... they're just ... what they are. No way around it.
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