Wedding Reception Assigned Tables

Assign tables. If people bring an uninvited date, that's their problem. If you don't have assignments, people who did rsvp could end up getting split up.

Also, please allow vendors to post. They can't advertise on here. They also have a lot of experience and insight to offer.

Assign tables. It's horribly awkward otherwise and can result in families or couples being split.

Please assign tables. I've been to several weddings without assigned tables and it's awful and stressful. You have to basically run for a table with people you know and hope you can find enough seats together. And even if you find seats together, sometimes you still end up sharing a table with someone's weird great aunt who literally completely ignores you the whole time and doesn't even introduce herself, or stop talking to her friend long enough for you to introduce yourself. AWKWARD.

If people don't like their seat, they can switch with someone or mingle. But give them an assigned table.

I went to one wedding without assigned seats or tables and it was horrible. The way that people spread out and claimed seats left DH and I with nowhere to sit! Thankfully two family friends offered to stand because they were finished eating so we could sit down and scarf down our buffet meal!

I would definitely assign tables There's nothing rude or inconvenient about it - you're thinking of your guests first and making sure they all have a place to sit with the people they care about!

Assign those seats! No one should be bringing an uninvited guest to begin with, so if they don't have a seat, too bad.

Ask your parents how they would feel if they got to the room and couldn't find seats together? Or are they expecting VIP tables? One of the worst ideas I can think of.

Assigned tables are something I also had to reason with my parents on. Try explaining the importance of ensuring couples, families, etc are kept together and that it prevents the awkward middle school lunch thing from happening!

Why would a guest bring a date that they didn't RSVP for? That's weird and rude. I have only ever been to 1 wedding that didn't have assigned tables. It was a hot mess. Assign tables. Your guests will thank you for it.

I literally was just at a wedding on NYE that didn't have assigned tables. It was awful. We didn't really know anyone there except for one other couple, but we got there at separate times and didn't end up sitting together. So it was me and FH sitting with some family members of the bride? We don't even know. I highly recommend sitting people at least at a table so they can be paired with people they know or at least people you think they'll get along with.

Definitely assign tables. People show up that don't rsvp and that can leave people who did without seats. You don't have to go as far as assigning individual seats but it's not difficult to put people in assigned tables.

I am glad this topic was brought up. I am having the same conversation with my parents. My mom feels people should be able to sit wherever they want. I feel that it may leave a lot of people split up or sitting on thier own not being included. Our families (besides the parents) have never met. I don't want people to split into groups and end up leaving someone out.

I went to one without. It was awful, the guys had their jackets on chair backs and other guests threw them on the floor so they could take the table. People moved chairs from tables so there weren't a full 10 chairs at every table anymore and rather than sitting with our friends we sat with strangers. You don't force people with other people, you thoughtfully assign tables so people are sitting with people they would choose anyway, assuming they were lucky enough to find seats together

Why do people think people are glued to their chairs/tables all night? The seating arrangements are really just for dinner, once dancing starts people get up and mingle and sit wherever they want anyway.

Go ahead and assign tables.

100% assign tables otherwise people are left scrambling to sit with friends/family. You don't want your friend Jen sitting with 6 of your 80+ year old great aunts because she couldn't find another seat. Assigned tables enhances the guest experience AND it's much easier to ensure you have enough chairs!

My dad got mad when I said I wanted to do a seating chart. He wanted to be able to sit at one of the outside tables away from all the people (summer camp setting, tables inside and outside) so I figured I'd assign people to tables inside, but let them choose if they wanted to eat outside.

Assign tables.

If someone brings a person who wasn't invited, and why you can't accommodate, that's an entirely different issue.

I'm going to be honest, I've only been to two weddings in my life that had assigned seats and I've never experienced any problems, and I've been to a ton of weddings in the last year because all of our friends are getting married. I've never noticed people fumbling around or anything, not saying you shouldn't have one, just sharing my experiences. Maybe it's a small town midwestern thing that people tend to just make conversation with strangers and not have a problem with it.

I've only been to one wedding (we've been going to about 5 a year, for 5 years), where they didn't assign tables. We got stuck at a table with a couple who brought their uninvited kids. To say the kids were spoiled/entitled, is an understatement. I spent as much time as I could, away from them.

We just thought the couple didn't care about their guests' comfort much. The poor quality of hosting was a good hint, too.

I've been to weddings without assigned tables and it was chaos -- I barely got to sit with my SO at the time.

I know its a pain for you but please assign tables.