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Paige
Savvy May 2021

Seating Chart Chaos!!!!!!!!!!

Paige, on March 6, 2020 at 12:51 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 18
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We are having our 150 person wedding in less than two months now. The panic is starting to set in!!!!!!!! I am starting to work on my seating chart and I am struggling to figure out how to put everyone together happily without making huge seating errors. This is a Military, Police, and Irish Catholic wedding. There is bound to be drama and also so much fun to be had. I guess my real question is do you have any tips, tricks, or hints on how you sat groups together? Obviously family together, groups together (coworkers, friends, etc). But what about those odd people out that either fit into several categories or don't really fit in a category. We also were not able to grant everyone plus ones to the wedding so we do have some odd people out. Please help a bride in need!!!! I just got my hair done and no more gray hair before we say I do!!!!!! Please help, all help is appreciated.


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Latest activity by Paige, on March 8, 2020 at 11:44 AM
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    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    That’s kind of why there’s sometimes a table where they won’t know each other but it is what it is aha you hope for them to be able to mingle amongst themselves
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  • Maggie
    Super April 2020
    Maggie ·
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    1. We are one day apart! #50DaysToGo
    2. For people who fit into multiple groups- wait them out, see where you need another person.
    3. For those who don’t fit in a specific group, I’m looking into their personality types and seeing who they would mesh with best, even if it’s only one other person. 4. Remember that they only have to sit to eat so it will be okay! I promise
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  • Paige
    Savvy May 2021
    Paige ·
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    Thank you so much for all your help!!!! This has been most informative. lol

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  • Maggie
    Super April 2020
    Maggie ·
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    No problem! Good luck and congrats!!!
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  • Sara
    Expert February 2020
    Sara ·
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    We had a 160 people at our wedding. I uploaded everyone to wedding wire via excel file to help with seating. I really like their online chart. Before I uploaded them, I added the family name to the end for the various families..no matter what their actual last name was. I started by seating parents tables and wedding party tables, then put families together. We had a lot of young children. I sat 20-30 something cousins together. Friends together. Filled in the rest. There were a few aunts on his side that had to be separated but overall, everyone gets along. People are only sitting to eat so try not to stress too much about it.
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  • Paige
    Savvy May 2021
    Paige ·
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    The same to you!!
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  • Paige
    Savvy May 2021
    Paige ·
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    Make sense!!! Thanks for the help!
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    Super August 2020
    Alex ·
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    I would start with the people you know absolutely MUST go together. Then, I would figure out who are the best people to stick the odd people out with. For example, at my best friends wedding my parents didn't know anyone. They ended up sitting with the Best Man's family and it worked out great. They were all big sports fans and had a lot in common though they never meet. I would leave the people that fit into a bunch of groups until last and fill them in where needed.

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    Master July 2019
    Hannah ·
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    What I did was write everyone's names on index cards (couples/families went on one card). Then, I grouped people together into piles based on what group they belonged to (hs friends, coworkers, etc). Then, I arranged them into groups of 8 (how many we were having at each table). After I did the easy ones, I then thought about how to fit in those people who fit in multiple groups or no groups based on personality fit/interests/age range and where I needed more people. Both sets of parents had some of their friends on the invite list so I let them sort out who went at what table (each ended up getting 2 tables) and I wasn't going to spend time organizing people we didn't know that well.
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  • Paige
    Savvy May 2021
    Paige ·
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    That makes perfect sense! Great idea thank you so much!
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  • Paige
    Savvy May 2021
    Paige ·
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    That’s a cool way to do it! I have a lot of odd ends
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  • Cyndy
    Master May 2019
    Cyndy ·
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    I kept a spreadsheet by table and kept moving people around until it worked. For those people that don’t know many or don’t fit in a group I looked at their personality and put them with people that were similar.
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  • Jodie
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    Jodie ·
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    This is my whole reason for not doing a seating chart! lol Smiley xd I couldn't deal with the nonsense of we can't put this person by that person and this person won't know these people, etc, etc...

    But for real...the previous comments have a lot of good ideas! I hope you get your chart figured out! Good luck and congrats on your upcoming big day!

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  • Paige
    Savvy May 2021
    Paige ·
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    Sounds like a plan thank you!
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  • Paige
    Savvy May 2021
    Paige ·
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    Thank you!!!! I’m excited to see how people mesh with each other and how the bonds already made intensify with the dancing and alcohol lol it’s gonna be a great time I just know it
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  • Paige
    Savvy May 2021
    Paige ·
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    They are gonna spend way more time dancing let’s be real 😂
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  • Kaysey
    Super February 2020
    Kaysey ·
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    I think mixing people together who don't really fit in those categories together would be okay. Maybe one thing you could do is have "ice breaker" games on the table so those who don't know each other can get to know each other once they sit down. At the end of the day, most guests will just be sitting for dinner. Once that' over, everyone will be on the dance floor. Smiley smile
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  • Paige
    Savvy May 2021
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    That’s true! And nice idea with the icebreaker games! Didn’t even think of that
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