Seating assignments amid covid

My wedding is a month after yours and I was debating the same thing. I'm still leaning and moving forward with letting them choose where they want to sit. Family will sit with family likely and friends with friends. They're adult, they know where to go. LOL... At least in my opinion.

I'm having small, round tables that only allow 8 people and providing a couple more than would traditionally be needed based on the head count so people can spread out more, but I'm currently planning on only assigning the seats for our parents and the little kids (because we have a table just for them with their own activity bags, in which contents will vary a little by age).

I highly recommend assigning seats. I am pro assigned seats under normal circumstances, but especially with a pandemic. You don't want guests move chairs and having too many people at one table.

We're getting married in October and were planning on doing assignments even before all this, but we are definitely proceeding with a seating chart. I'm going to do my best to seat households together - or groups of households who regularly see each other anyway.

I think table assignments is a fantastic idea. It helps people to know where to sit, you know they'll be with people they can socialize with. They won't have to worry about having nobody to talk to. You also can make sure the people who are closest to you, sit closest to you. Also, yeah, the COVID stuff.

I am pro assigned seats even before Covid! My wedding is about the same size of yours and I am assigning seats as well. It also will give people reassurance that they will be with people they are more comfortable being sat with - I listed this as one of the precautions we are taking to reassure people we are thinking about everything and keeping safety a top priority!