Wedding Seating Plan

One of the most difficult things to get right when you are planning a wedding is the wedding seating plan – this can cause a real headache for the person who is trying to seat all the guests properly.

Working out a wedding seating plan is nearly always going to be a dilema for the bride and groom during the days preceding the wedding.  Here are a few ideas as to how you can go about ensuring you have the perfect wedding seating plan!

Start with a final list of all invited guests who have accepted their invitations.  Then make a rough sketch of the layout of the reception venue making sure you mark on the sketch the postions of the podium, the cake table, tables for the guests, the head table, a table for the guest book, a table for collecting the gifts received and the stand for the DJ or the dance floor (if you have made one at your chosen venue).   Always remember to ask your catering service manager or your wedding planner for their advice, as they will undoubtedley have faced the same problems several times.

The traditional wedding seating plan consists of a head table that is placed in a prominent position. At the head table would be seated the bride and the groom, with the Maid of Honor sitting on the groom’s left, and the Best Man sitting on the bride’s right. If you want to you can include more attendants on the head table, just make sure that the males and females are placed alternately in your seating plan.

The bridal couples can choose to sit at the ‘Sweetheart Table’ as well- this will make the head table look less cramped and give all sitting there more room. You can also include the parents of both the bride and the groom at the head table either as well as, or instead of the bridal party.

The guests should be allocated their own seating at the various tables.  You will be able to mark each guests place with a small place card on the table.  It is also a good idea to place a full seating plan near the entrance to the venue, making sure the tables are marked in some way, as this will help the guests to find their correct places quickly.

Both the bride and groom will need to work on the wedding seating plan together, as you will both know your own kin better.  When you are placing your guests, you will obviously want to keep families together and try and keep the balance of male and female guests right.  You won’t want to put Uncle Harry next to Uncle Fred if all they are going to do is argue all the time!

Once you have the seating plan organised, forget it, relax and start to look forward to your big day.

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