Head table or sweetheart table: how many people sit at each

How many people sit at a head table, and at what table size

A head table seats the wedding party along one side of a long table; a sweetheart table seats two. The chair count follows the table length, not the guest count, which is why this decision changes the floor plan while it leaves the seating plan alone — the seats per table size chart gives the length for any party size.

One decision, two chair counts

The special table is a decision about who sits at the front, and it changes the guest-table count before anyone is placed. It comes third in the seating order of operations, after the parties and the keep-aparts, because either of those can move the people this page is counting.

Same list, two special tables

Who sits at the head table, and who sits elsewhere

A sweetheart table in this count is two seats. A head table of 10 is ten seats. If two people must not share a table, they cannot both sit at that head table. That is a constraint, not a rule about every divorce.

Whichever table you pick, the guest count follows: 150 guests with a head table works the arithmetic, and the divorced-parents cases decide whether the parents can share it.

This count has no room measurements, table footprints, or aisle layout. It cannot tell you if the tables fit the room.

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