Should I start seating chart before I receive RSVPs??

Not unless you want to do it four times....

No.

If you want, but you'll probably have to change it a few times.

Haha thanks guys.

I did, but I'm also only inviting like 50 people. For the one or two that may not show up out of our families (the only people invited) it won't be hard to adjust. If you are having a larger wedding though, I'd wait on it.

I used the WW seating chart tool. Once I had sent out invites, I went ahead and created the number of tables that I thought I would need in the tool. I then started by seating the wp. Once RSVPs started to arrive, I was then able to enter those into WW and start the rest of the seating chart process. It helped me having it all set up beforehand, but I didn't do the bulk of the seating chart until after I had all of my RSVPs back. I didn't want to do it more than once.

I did and was so glad I did a prelim one. Yes, I moved people around a lot, but I was dreading this whole process and thought it was pretty easy and not stressful

I feel like you're kinda far out to be working on a seating chart anyway. No need to rush, just wait for the rsvp's. you sent invites already?

I don't think it's necessary to start worrying about now. The only part of my seating chart that I worried about early on was seating the parents, because my parents are not amicable and need separate tables. But it's best to wait until you know who will be attending and who will not before you start worrying about it because you can get into a bunch of hypothetical scenarios and stress yourself out lol

I'm sending invites out this week. My wedding is in Ohio and I'm from Florida so I am actually late on sending them out E&E

I started one before we started receiving RSVPs and I totally regret all the time I wasted. SO many people we didn't think would come RSVPd yes, and the opposite also! It worked fine for immediate family since we knew they were all attending, but beyond that it wasn't super useful. It won't hurt to start deciding things like immediate family, whether you'll do a head table/sweetheart table, but beyond that I wouldn't go through the effort until you start receiving RSVPs back.

@Mrs Knolle, I'm assuming that's on desktop version? Definitely looking that up when I get home!

No - you will drive yourself crazy rearranging people as the RSVPs come in. Just schedule some time aside during the week following your RSVP deadline.

You could do it for the tables you KNOW will be there (e.g., bridesmaids and their husbands; groomsmen and their wives; your parents; your grandparents; your siblings and their husbands and wives; etc.), but it would probably be a waste for everyone else.

You could come up with a diagram about how you want the tables set up, but I wouldnt waste your time with assigning seats just yet

I did way ahead of time just to get a general idea of where to place everyone. Then if anyone is unable to come i can easily eliminate them and replace them with other people I have in mind. That's just me. Everyone has their own way of organizing and thinking

I think it's fine to start grouping people so you have a rough skeleton of what it may look like, so when you receive RSVP's you can just make tweaks if needed.

We did a few tables of people we knew were coming (immediate family, BP, etc). And we've done a few tables of likely people, so we have an idea of how to do it when the RSVPs come in. But nothing is set in stone and we didn't spend tons of time on it.

If you feel comfortable knowing that it's going to change a lot and want to just get a general idea sure

I used the seating chart under planning tools on here, and I found it to be an immense help. I definitely made a rough draft or a preliminary one early on. For me, it was easy to take people out and move it around once the rsvp's came in, rather than start from nothing only a few weeks before the wedding. There is SO much to do in the couple weeks before and the seating chart from scratch was not something I wanted to do. Did I have to move it around a couple times? Yes. More than a couple times? Yes. But moving a few people, to me, was not bad at all.