No seating chart - good idea?

I would do one. I hate going to a wedding and not knowing where to sit, and wanting to sit with a group and not being able to because there are no more tables left with that number of people, or being a singleton (like the only coworker you invited or something) and not knowing who to sit with. when there is a seating chart, you can take some control over those situations.

I am having around 60 guests probably and I do not plan on doing a seating chart. My tables seat 10, so my plan is to just have one more table than necessary, that way there is extra room so families don't have to get split up if they have larger groups. We are also having a buffet so I think people will be walking around, especially because we too are having a more casual than formal wedding.

Talk to your MIL. Tell her you're starting to work on the seating chart and say, do you even really think this is necessary? You can't assume you know how people feel about something. A wedding is not just another family gathering.

Thanks for everyones input! Maybe I will see if FH wants to dad to his father about the situation.

We will have 80-110 people . about 70% is family. I wasn't planning to do a seating chart either and ours is casual... these comments make me kind of second guess myself... but so far no seating chart.

@ Tracey.. we are doing one now! lol