Place cards, escort cards, or seating chart?

We did escort cards

I made escort cards with skeleton keys attached and a sign with them that says "The Key to Your Seat" super fun and easy DIY!

Technically place cards do not go alone. They go with either an escort card or seating chart. People need to know what table to look for their place card. We used customized ornaments with each guest's name as their "escort card" and also used place cards since we assigned seats for everyone.

I'm planning to have a seating chart. And if budget allows, place cards so guests that didnt RSVP cant just take someone's spot like they did at my friend's wedding.

I’m having a seating chart so they know what table they’re at and then when they get there the cards will be laid out. I don’t think my family can handle a free for all...they get petty and need assigned seats.

We're doing escort cards.

I’m letting my guest sit anywhere. With us getting married, our family is joining. I want everyone to feel like one big happy family. I do know that my side of the family will be petty because they aren’t getting their way for our wedding.

We aren’t assigning seats or tables! Almost all of our guest list is super close, family and friends alike, and we are having a more laid back outdoor wedding, so I think they can figure it out.

We are not assigning seats or sides. We are joining families together and having close friends we don't want to go through the headache of having to figure out where to sit every single person. I think some grown adults can sit and enjoy the day together

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I went to a wedding that did the same and it was awesome! It was like one big family - everybody got to know each other!

We are doing custom wine glasses as escort cards, the glass will have the guest name on the goblet and the table assignment on the base. Seat assignments will be printed on top of their menus. I'm thinking of doing table names rather than numbers, table names will be cities or areas from where our guests traveled from since we are doing DW. This way no one feels slighted at the fact that they are at a "low" table #.

We're going to get old glass windows and write the names on the panes of glass. Each pane will represent one table.

I really like the idea of doing escort cards! I saw this one photo and loved the look..it's so chic and classy!!

I'm thinking about doing a seating chart. Once we get the rsvps back, we'll work on that. We were going to let eveyone choose their seats but we want everyone to mingle and get to know each other.

I'm still not sure what to do. Our families are from 2 different backgrounds and have never really met. My family is from Texas (deep south/border town) and my fiance family is from Mississippi. So we kind of wondering which way to comfortably approach the issue. To do seating arrangements or not....