Seating chart or no seating chart??

At the very least, I would assign people to tables instead of seats. A seating chart is really worth the time to create! You can help guests avoid mass chaos and confusion

I'm all for assigned tables. Makes it a bit more orderly

Just attended a wedding last Sunday with no seating chart. At least 250 guests were there. When it was announced to sit anywhere, it was like the running of the bulls to scramble for seats, and then I moved at least 5 times while we all tried to get situated. Please assign tables!!

100000% seating chart.
Pros: More cost efficient. No seating chart means that you will need to provide 20% more tables, chairs, place settings, etc. as guests don’t seat themselves efficiently. Less awkward for guests. Households won’t have to split up.
Con: You have to do an extra hour of work.

I’m totally for assigned tables.

ASSIGN TABLES!

My brother and sister in law did not do a seating chart. It became awkward because people came in and selected tables in he front without thinking about the family. The family table ended up being in the back. Since the parents paid for it all it would have been nice had they at least been up front to see stuff. Totally up to you though. Maybe just assign tables and people can pick their seats. That’s what we’re doing.

If you are doing sit down meals, you should probably assign tables to minimize chaos. Your venue may actually require this. We are doing a cocktail reception, so we will not be doing table assignments. We didn’t want a big, elaborate anything for our wedding, so we opted to go this route. However I do know that if we were doing a sit down meal, even if it was a buffet, we would be required to have table assignments.

I am only assigning tables. This would prevent total chaos during the reception time.

If you’re having under say 50 guests, you MAY be able to get away with it. But anything over that I would say definitely seating chart or table assignments at least! People have a way of leaving a single extra seat here and there, forcing guests who came together to either split up, or awkwardly ask people to move around.

Please atleast assign tables.

Please assign tables - it's awful to scramble for seats at a wedding, especially if you don't really know anyone not actually *in* the wedding. Sure, it's a little more work for you, but it's totally worth it for your guests.

I asked this same question yesterday and I was very quickly converted to #TeamSeatingChart lol. We will definitely be assigning tables, I didn't even think about the extra seating we'd need to avoid groups getting broken up.

I am not a fan of weddings without seating charts. At least assign tables, if you don't want to assign seats. If you don't have a seating chart, you have to plan for extra tables & chairs since people won't seat themselves efficiently. Plus it's awkward for guests that don't know other guests to just walk up and sit down with someone.

Definitely need a seating chart. My FH family are not all on the best terms with each other so I made a seating chart to avoid any conflict.

Assign tables!

Agree with previous posters -- at least assign tables. That's what we're doing. The only wedding I attended without a seating chart...we couldn't find seats together (me and two friends) so we actually left before the reception started. We would've all been stuck sitting at three separate tables. Save your guests the trouble, honestly.