No ushers because of covid

I think that sign would be fine instead of ushers! I would suggest maybe putting "Reserved" signs on the chairs in the rows you want to reserve. I also think putting extra chairs out is a good idea as well.

View Quoted Comment We have reserved signs to hang on the chairs. I actually just thought about the extra seats and I’m glad it did! It makes not having ushers easier in my mind!

Ushers are completely optional. To me, this is more of an honorary position, not a functional one. I like your idea on adding additional seating, and would ask your venue for their advice. 10-15 seems low to me (that's really only about one extra row), but they would be the experts right now on proper Social Distancing.

View Quoted Comment Honestly it does seem low. I’m trying to think house hold wise on how many extra seats we’ll need. I’ll know for sure once I get my final numbers!

I haven't been to a wedding with ushers since I was a child in the 90's. I'd say you'll be okay, most people will know how to seat themselves.

View Quoted Comment I’ve never been to one with ushers either but I was so confused by it! The only person that’s really being escorted is my mom by my oldest brother and me by my dad. FHs dad and grandmother are going to walk together

It's very common for groomsmen to act as ushers. If you have the front rows reserved, it would be a good idea to have someone aware of who is sitting there to avoid confusion, which is where ushers come in. You can still social distance and direct guests where to sit.

View Quoted Comment We only have one groomsmen. Family will be there an hour before hand for photos so we’ll be able to tell them to take those seats

I think it is ok to not have ushers

Provided your venue is not using bench seating, I think venues are more commonly spacing the seats out to create distance between the seats. So sometimes two chairs together and then 6ft space before the next set of two chairs. At least that’s what I’m seeing on Instagram from wedding industry people that I follow. Rather than telling your venue what to do, maybe ask what they’re doing and work from there.

So we assigned my 10 year old nephew and an 11 year old female cousin as junior ushers. We will also have a sign that says pick a seat not a side... They will more so make sure nobody sits in the front, provide mask for guest who request them, direct guest where they need to go, answer any questions, and direct guest who may bring gifts with them where they go. They won’t walk anyone to their seats and they will avoid as much contact as possible. We definitely could have gone without ushers but they will be so stinking cute and I needed to find a role for my nephew.

You're fine. I have literally never been to a wedding with an usher. People seat themselves just fine. You can probably skip the sign as well. I would imagine venues would be spacing the chairs out anyway.

Ushers aren’t very common anymore. No one will miss them if you opt not to have them!

It's totally fine not to have ushers if you don't want to. We barely even had seats at our miniwedding, but we weren't planning to have ushers at our larger, planned before covid wedding.
However, I think covid is actually a reason to have ushers, not a reason to skip them. People are not very good at filling in at weddings normally (I've had to scoot over or move up a row several times) and right now everyone has a different idea about how much personal space is appropriate. If I were having a 75 person ceremony in the near future, I would want to have ushers bring people to the next available seats and tell them how many chairs to leave free between themselves and the previous group. If the chairs are foldable or light, I'd probably actually ask them to remove the next chair or two after seating each group so there would be no chance of anyone getting too close to anyone else (like if someone who's already there sees a friend and tells them to come sit in the "empty" seat) and bring those chairs to the back. This would also eliminate the need to worry about having extra chairs. Ushers are really more like guides than escorts, so if you decide that it makes sense to have them, they don't need to touch anyone to bring them to their seats.

As others have said... I don't think I've been to a wedding with ushers. (I think that would be a white tie event level of formality, honestly.)

People can seat themselves, and most people don't even worry about sides, anymore.