Wedding seating guides

Where do I start a wedding seating chart?

Start from groups and keep-aparts, not chairs. Count tables from guest count ÷ seats per round. Seat peace before politics. Then hand the list to software if anyone must not share a table, or if RSVPs are still moving.

The job

• What actually breaks a chart — Foam board, and Guest, keep-aparts, 19 eights.
• Twenty seating mistakes — The ones that cost a table or a night.

The chart is still moving

• A last-minute plus-one — One checked example moves one existing guest.
• Unnamed plus-ones — Hold a seat. Do not count them as zero.
• After a fight — A keep-apart, then a reseat.

People who cannot share a table

• Divorced parents — Three cases. Divorce is not assumed to be a conflict.
• Kids at the wedding — With parents, or an agreed split.
• Friend tables — A couple is hard. A friend group is a wish.

How many tables

• Table calculator — Your count. Nearby headcounts stay here.
• 150 guests with a head table — 18 guest tables plus the head table.
• 100 guests — 13 guest tables of 8 after a sweetheart of 2.
• Family larger than a table — Sixteen chairs can still be impossible.
• Round vs long tables — Same people, two confirmed capacities.
• Head table or sweetheart — Your table, a long head, or sit with family.
• Square feet per guest — Eight rooms, four layouts, one number per seat.
• Seats in a tent — A 20 by 40 ft frame tent, measured both ways.

Getting the list in

• How to seat a wedding — Groups and rules, then tables.
• Without placing everyone — Tables, not chairs.
• Import Zola, Knot, or Joy — CSV in. Chart out.
• Excel vs a seating app — When the sheet is enough.
• A spreadsheet that holds — The columns that survive a change.
• Do you need software — Twenty guests, or a moving list.

Paper and palette

• Escort cards vs seating chart — Table, seat, or board: which job each does.
• Choosing wedding colours — Two or three colours, tested on fabric and paper.
• Seventeen wedding palettes — Readable ink on paper and screen, not a mood board.

Past the seating chart

• Planning calculators — Drinks and pets, sized from your guest count.
• Cocktails and the bar — How much to buy, and what to batch.
• Pets at the wedding — A dog of honour, a napkin, a signature drink.
• Which app, honestly — Four kinds of tool, no invented ranking.
• Seating chart ideas — What each layout costs in tables.

Reference

• Chairs per wedding table — every round and banquet size, with the wedding-qualified range.