Seating chart

I am all for team seating chart ! I had one. I did it alphabetical order by last name

We are going to have one because we want to make sure our parents and siblings are sitting in the front

I highly recommend having a seating chart. It makes it so much more organized. Your guests won't have to worry about finding their own seat and if everyone they want to sit with can sit together. It also prevents your guests from moving chairs around to accommodate everyone or squeezing a bunch of people at one table and having other tables have only a couple people.

We’re definitely doing one. There will be people who only know a few people and we want them to be able to sit together and of course, we want families to be seated together.

How many guests do you have? If you have over 100 guests i would recommend one, it helps with confusion & separating families from uneven seating. We have 200 people and have a seating chart

View Quoted Comment I have about 100 maybe less not sure yet.

I’m definitely all for seating charts for several reasons. It puts people where you want them and with who you want them, it avoids having to have extra tables and chairs, it keeps families together, etc And lastly it keeps things moving quicker I think. They aren’t hard to DIY.

We're having a seating chart, but we aren't choosing the exact seat for our guests just the table. i just want to be sure the people who know each other are together.

I completely opted out of a seating chart because most of our extended family have never met and therefore I want everyone to get to know each other. We plan to have signs similar to the examples below.

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We are skipping a seating chart! What we are doing though is reserving the two front tables that will be near the sweetheart table, one for immediate family (mom, dad, grandparents, siblings) & the other one for the bridal party & their dates.

I would say just know your crowd. Like my FH's family is LARGEEE & they'll end up going where they want to anyway lol. Our coordinator at first was very against this, she said there have been weddings where this has caused confusion & chaos. So like I said - just know your crowd. We know ours will be totally fine! So instead of a big table sign we will be just having a sign that says "sit wherever your heart desires"

But open seating does not mean you get to seat wherever you want, it means you sit where you find a seat. It can be humiliating to go to a table, and be told, sorry we are saving seats. It is even worse when you see the A crowd got reserved tables. You can do this, but do not be surprised when the B people rip up checks.

Of course planners do not like open seating, they know they are the ones who will have to arrange seats for people and it can get pathetic. The woman you called aunt, but is not an aunt, nope she does not get to sit with the immediate family. The person you designated a reader does not get to sit with the wedding party. And the planner won't be able to say, hi, you are at table 8. Nope, she will have to walk the person around and try to find a place for her.