Wedding Seating Tips and Basics
Creating a wedding seating plan is really not as difficult as it seems. We have a couple of tips for you to go over before making your final decisions.
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Getting Your Seating Plan Together
Giving people a place to site, as opposed to letting them sort themselves out has a few benefits; people prefer to be told where to sit, and it also allows a certain amount of order to your reception.
Start Early
It is much easier if you start your seating plan early. Starting the morning of your wedding, or the night before, simply is not the time to be doing this. Making last minute changes is one thing, but that's about all.
Use Your Computer
Spreadsheets are great for seating arrangements. Split your guest list into categories, i.e. brides family, grooms family, work friends, school friends etc. Once you have that, you are almost there, this will give your guest list some real order. You can now create an easy seating arrangement, now that your guest list is organized.
Using Paper
A more "hands on" approach is to draw a few circles on a big sheet of paper, and to write the guests name onto each "table"
Head Up the Head Table
A traditional head table is not round, but rather a long and straight table. Usually the bride and groom sit in the middle, with the maid of honor next to the groom, the best man next to the bride, and then boy/girl out from there.
Place Your Parents
Traditionally, your parents and your partners parents will all sit at the same table, this may also have grandparents and siblings not in the wedding party, along with the officiant and his/her spouse.
If your parents, or your partners parents are divorced, and you are uncomfortable about sitting next to each other, then you may want to let them each head up their own table, consisting of close families and friends.
Family /Friends Tension
Most families have members that may not exactly see eye to eye, or perhaps haven't spoken to each other in the last few years. Naturally you will want to try and keep them apart from each other, so you may want to think about this when you do your seating plans.
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