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Just Said Yes August 2021

Tips for no seating chart

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Amanda, on July 20, 2021 at 4:24 PM

My fiancé and I decided on no assigned table seating for our reception. I figured we’re all adults here and can sit ourselves. I’ve never been a fan assigned seating it weddings I’ve been to because 1. You often get stuck with complete strangers and could have had way more fun than if you sat down with the people you wanted to 2. I’ve noticed that assigned seating causes people to feel like they chained to that seat and they don’t mingle very much.

With that being said I’d love to hear any recommendations/ tips from people who did unassigned seating at the reception! Our biggest hurdle is making sure our family has seats when they come to dinner as they will be taking family photos with us when everybody is grabbing their seats during happy hour.
Thank you!

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karen · on July 22, 2021 at 9:07 PM
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Reserving seats for some people and not others is just rude. It is saying some people deserve to be treated nice, and others have to scramble for what is left. They do not get to sit where they want, they sit where they can find a seat.
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Dedicated September 2021
Sarah · on July 26, 2021 at 10:02 PM
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We're doing assigned tables. Keeping family and friend groups together, but letting them seat themselves at each table. They're all adults - they can handle, "you're at table 1, table 2, so on."
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