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I'm doing a seating chart. I will just assign tables, not seats. I'm doing this because they say you usually have to provide 20% more seating if you don't do a seating chart and we don't have that much room at our venue for extra seating.

View Quoted Comment Thank you so much! That is helpful!

I did one. Felt like it's more orderly to give people a table assignment.

I will also be doing a seating chart. The weddings that I have been to that did not have a seating chart were just a bit nerve-racking and chaotic for me, trying to sit with people I know but then not having anywhere to sit together.

View Quoted Comment Thank you! I want to have order at my wedding and not have it feel like it’s chaotic.

We are assigning tables, but not specific seats. We had certain people that didn't want to sit near each other. It is also easier because guests don't have to worry about finding a seat. I have been to weddings where there wasn't assigned tables and finding a seat is annoying because you never knew if a seat was already taken. I also think it is more organized this way and takes less time for guests to be seated.

View Quoted Comment I don’t want a chaotic wedding, and I do feel like a seating chart would be super helpful!

View Quoted Comment Thank you. I think assigning tables will definitely be easier in the long run that trying to assign individual seats. I have recently been to a wedding and they weren’t assigned and trying to find a seat was a pain.

I feel like without a seating chart it'll be like a middle school lunch room where people are saving seats or moving seats so they can sit with certain people. Don't make the seating chart until close to the wedding you get RSVPs though or you'll have to re-do it a million times.

We are assigning tables but not seats. I'm only doing this because it's easier than worrying about if there will be enough seating when people seat themselves, and not leave any empty seats at tables and because I just went and asked my family members what they prefer at weddings and they all said they like being told where to go.

View Quoted Comment Thank you so much! I will definitely be waiting till it gets closer to start making a seating chart

View Quoted Comment It seems to be so much easier when people know where to go. I really do like the assigning tables that way it’s not chaotic and crazy

Definitely seems much easier when people know where to go!, lol... I am also doing assigned tables.

We aren’t assigning any other than the head table. We will reserve some for our immediate families but that’s it. We are very laid back and serving a pizza buffet, so a seating chart would make it too fancy for our liking.

We are doing a seating chart, I like them at weddings and think it's a lot easier for guests. But we didn't start ours until we started getting RSVPs back.

Ok- we toiled and toiled with this. We really didn't want to make assigned seats because we wanted to avoid any drama and give people the decision to sit where they would like. We also wanted people to feel free to move around tables to socialize. We asked a bunch of friends and family and were told that a seating chart was needed. They explained that people would worry about finding seats for everyone in their families, anxious folks would have a hard time choosing where to sit, and a friend told me that at their wedding they experienced pure chaos after the ceremony as people ditched cocktail hour in order to get "the best seats." We have decided to assign tables- not seats- for our guests. I think it will work out just fine.

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View Quoted Comment Thank you so much! I love the idea of doing assigned tables over seats because I don’t want people complaining about who they are sitting with.

I like having one as a guest. It just makes the whole seating process so much less annoying. We did assigned tables, not specifically assigned seats and it went really smoothly.