Table names instead of numbers for reception???

Compassion

Commitment

Unity

Partner

Unconditional

Marriage

Commitment

Laughter

Forgiving

Patience

Trust, Friendship, Commitment

Joyful

I love the Friendship one!

And @TheRealJJ .. I must be an idiot because at most of the weddings I've been to, even with numbers I find myself circling the room looking for my table! hahaha

I'm thinking words too instead of numbers. I will use names of places we've been to since we love to travel! The map near the cards is a great idea!

Kindness.

Also, we did this with places we've traveled and did numbers as well. made things much smoother so people knew where to sit easily

If you do names, you should do a number as well. With 11 tables, finding your table shouldn't be a treasure hunt. I hate looking at a map when I'm trying to find a store at the mall. I certainly don't want to do that at a wedding.

Consider that when you have all the words in a list they mean something. When they are alone in each table out of context, it might not translate. Like, "I'm at the Unconditional table, what the heck is that?" Just some food for thought.

I think this isn't a great idea for the reasons previously stated. Numbers aren't used because people like numbers, they are used for clarity. Don't make your guests "hunt." And it sounds cute, but isn't so cute in reality, what does that mean for any of the tables "kindness?" Can you just incorporate these in vows? Now you can have different themes for each table (but still with numbers) or different designs/motifs (like different animals on each table number card) but how are you going to illustrate "kindness"? Without pictures or a theme with that, it seems odd.

We're doing wine types instead of numbers. We'll have a "map" but it will be white wines on one side, red wines on the other. It's not like i' m getting married in the Taj Mahal, so i'm pretty sure people won't spend HOURS finding their table. I think people will be fine if they take 2 minutes finding their table.

I agree to also number them

Thank you all for the comments, ideas and suggestions. We have a few months to figure this out. We were going to have a seating map and have escorts to direct the guest as well. As for place cards, we were going to have everyone's name on the menu cards to serve as a place card. Nothing's etched in stone, we're just playing around with different ideas.

I LOVE this idea! Another option instead of table numbers is having table "songs" so, basically, you put a place card on the table that has the name and artist of a popular love song, and when that song plays, that table gets to go get their food, or what have you!

If you go with words just put them in alphabetical order going clockwise. Then make a map for those of us who don't read instructions, lol.

Love the idea of positive affirmations for table names. Those could be used as conversation starters for table guests too.

Honesty and respect

I love it. Then people at table 10 don't feel upset, like they aren't a priority. People at table 7 aren't looking at table 4 like jealous children.

I love it! It's unique and creative! here's a few to help: Admiration,Cherish,Affection, Matrimony, compassion, devotion, family, Eternal, Bliss, forever, Companionship, ever after/Everlasting, Enduring, respect, inspiration, partnership, passionate, commitment, understanding, courteous, unity, humility/humble, forgiveness

We're doing this, BUT: each name is very personal to us, we only have 10 tables including the head table so no one will be spending any longer than 10-15 seconds looking for their table (about what they'd probably spend searching for numbers anyway) and all of our guests are close relatives or friends so they are more than likely going to understand the names.

I think it will be harder to pull off if you don't have those three things going for you. Any way you can make the table names more personal? For example, I went to wedding where the husband was a pilot and the wife traveled a lot with him, and they had tables named after places they'd been together and loved, like "Monaco", "Rome", "Seattle", etc.