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Michelle
Super October 2020

How should I seat my wedding party?

Michelle, on August 29, 2020 at 9:32 AM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 20
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Should I stick with round tables so my wedding party can sit with their partner/families even if it means some guests will be sitting outside the main ballroom? To avoid that, another option is two rectangular tables on both sides of my sweetheart table since we can’t do the full party due to the 10 person limit for covid. Who should sit at the recangle tables? I want them to sit with their families....trying to keep households and social circles seated together. They can only allow a certain number of round tables in the main room for distancing.

Here is a layout PRE-Covid when I initially went with a full head table. The three round tables would be in where they’d have the buffet area (no longer doing buffet). Now they can only allow 9.
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Latest activity by Michelle, on August 30, 2020 at 8:21 AM
  • Kristen
    Master November 2020
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    I think circle tables are nice as you can see each other. As long as they can be social distanced and everything why not.

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  • Michelle
    Super October 2020
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    If I did all circles, three of the tables would
    be outside the ballroom. They do have the wide open doors so they can see into the room but they won’t have a good view lol.

    The venue said most would just place their group of friends out there giving priority to families and family friends in the main. I don’t know if that’d be weird to have them sitting out there.
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    Master January 2019
    Cassidy ·
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    Making the head table a sweetheart table won’t create room on either side of the sweetheart table for a round table? It seems to me like there would be room.
    Is the dance floor already there? If not can you do a lightly smaller dance floor to free up more space for tables?
    I would do everything you could to not put tables out side the room.
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  • Leanne
    Super September 2020
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    I would stick with the round tables. Put people you’re not as close with in the other room. They won’t mind.
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  • Kristen
    Master November 2020
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    Ahhhhh yes. I would hate to be seated outside esp since weather conditions are unpredictable. I guess square tables it is.

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  • J
    Master October 2022
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    Do what you can to keep everyone in the same room
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  • Michelle
    Super October 2020
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    Lol it’s not outside outside. It is just not in the main ballroom of my venue.
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  • Michelle
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    Even if it mean the bridal party not being able to sit with their families??
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  • J
    Master October 2022
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    Why would they have to be separated?
    What does the 10 person limit apply to? Each table? The entire event?
    Many states are not allowing dancing even with with masks and social distancing so could you spread out tables over the dance floor if you needed to? What does the venue suggest as an alternative? Do they have enough rectangular tables that they could be used instead with proper spacing or half and half?
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  • Michelle
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    My state is allowing dancing if it’s social distanced and masked lol. We still have our special dances so we need the floor. 10 person limit to each table. They only have the rectangle tables for a head table which can be separated. Ugh, I guess I shouldn’t worry too much until I know exactly how many are coming because depending on who comes I won’t even have to think of this problem.
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  • VIP August 2020
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    How many people are in your bridal party and how many people are in each of their households? If it's mostly couples, I'd put the bridal party members with their partners at the rectangle tables. Also, are you still allowed to have a dance floor? Or is it just for your first dance?
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    Master October 2022
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    While it's good to get started on placing people around the room, you won't know anything until replies start to come in.
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  • Kristen
    Master November 2020
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    Ahhhh...personally I would still feel odd not being in the main part but I guess it depends on who you are seated with. At one wedding we were seated by the window kind of away from everyone but my and my FH were seated with a couple we get a long with so I guess we saw it as our VIP area ha ha. I mean as long as you seat people with those they get along with (from experience never sit a single person with a bunch of randoms...I hated that experience while all the people I knew sat next to each other lol) then it'll be fine. I think do what you want because at the end of the day people will suck it up for your big day.

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  • Michelle
    Super October 2020
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    Good thing is everyone knows eachother lol so it wouldn’t be so weird I guess...I guess I have to wait until I have all the RSVP’s.
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  • Michelle
    Super October 2020
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    True. Worrying for no reason right now lol I like to plan ahead.
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  • Michelle
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    We are allowed to have a dance floor If rules are followed. You have to be distanced from other couples and wear a mask lol.


    It’s a lot to think about. I probably just need to forget about it and worry until after I have a guest count if the problem applies. Another though it having a table of their partners near the head table. Eh. I’m sure it will all workout..
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  • Michelle
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    I would think there can be room but they told me no. Maybe I need to call them since it was through email... it doesn’t make sense.
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  • VIP August 2020
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    I feel like sitting at a table near your partner is not realllt different than sitting at a table across the room from them. You're still not talking to them. Hopefully once you have all of your RSVPs this won't really be a problem, but if it is, maybe you could have your families sit at the rectangle tables instead of the bridal party.
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  • Hanna
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    Hmmm this is s tough situation. As a guest (i.e. if my husband was a groomsman) i would be pretty unhappy if I wasn't able to sit with him just for the sake of a "bridal party only" table. But I would also be pretty unhappy if my seat was in the outside room, because I'd feel left out of the action and like a second class guest at your wedding. I've honestly never heard of a venue before where only some people were able to sit in the same room as the dance floor. Was this the original plan, and now the new layout with some guests sitting in an outside room is due to Covid? My advice would be to try to keep everyone in the same room and all wedding party members with their significant others, but ONLY if this is still safe to do with Covid. I agree with some of the others though that you probably don't need to worry about this until your RSVPs come in. I would expect many declines due to Covid so the problem may end up solving itself for you

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  • Michelle
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    Yeah, unfortunately I’m going to have to choose....If only people would RSVP I would have an idea by now! Worst comes to worst, I will choose everyone in the same room, cuz I don’t want people to feel left out...
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