Seating chart - Yes or no?

Yes assigned tables are wonderful. I highly recommend doing this.

Assigning tables seems like a nice middle ground. I've never seen it done but it's kind of what can happen anyway- get to table and see you are sitting next to friend A but you want to sit next to friend B so you switch the nametags. As long as that won't mess up waiters it's fine.

No seating chart can cause some anxiety if there are people who don't really know anyone and worry about sitting somewhere, or get told oh no you can't sit here we're saving it for someone else. Ugh, it's like a school cafeteria.

If you have any guests that have mobility issues (grandparents, broken leg, etc) and no not want to do assigned seats I strongly suggest at least making some reserved seating for them. No one wants to see an elderly woman with a cane trying to hobble across the floor to a table in the corner because your coworkers filled up the closest table.

Definitely do assigned tables. It will make things so much easier.

I think seating charts are the way to go, it just keeps everything more organized.

Assign tables! It just makes it so much easier.

I went to a wedding in April without a seating chart and it was so awkward. Lots of people would sit in the middle of chairs (as in have two on either side of the couple) and it led to people having to be split up, which would be SO AWKWARD. I'm much too loud for my own good, so I just asked two people next to us to move over one seat, but gosh, it would've been so nice to just have avoided that awkwardness.

Maybe not assigning a person to a seat but definitely to a table

Yes assign tables!

I'm not going to assign seats! At least right now, maybe I will feel differently closer to the day haha

Ours will be open seating...no one in my area does seating charts of any kind.

I've never had an assigned seat at a wedding. I've always had an assigned table though.

Assigned seats is what they do in school.

The only answer is yes. Open seating makes everyone confused and crazy.

Katherine... NOOO!!! Please rethink this. It's seriously the worst. Check my story above if you want to know why.

ETASwin.

I completely understand how that could happen!

But seriously, I have been to dozens of weddings and not one of them had a seating chart/table assignment. I don't know if that's just where I'm from? I haven't ever had an awkward situation develop.

I will think about at least assigning tables though!

I wanted to do only assigned tables but now going with assigned seats since my FH decided he wanted to do split plate option. ugh

Assigning tables is highly recommended. I've been to enough events that didn't have assigned seats so you had tables half full and groups of people trying to find somewhere they can all sit together. I am not looking forward to the process of assigning seats, but I think that is the lessor of the two evils.

I'm going to assign tables. I have two bridesmaids with SO that won't know anyone except myself and their partners. I think it will be less awkward that way.

Assigning tables is good, and still gives Aunt Martha the option of not sitting right next to Uncle Steve.

Yes I think going to a wedding it is nice to see exactly where people have to sit and then you aren't left breaking up a family of 4 because they walked in late

I am doing assigned tables it would drive me crazy to have to assign the seat as well

Yea assigning tables seems like a great middle ground. Go with that.