Wedding Blog

We are not doing place cards. As far as we see it this makes one less thing to worry about. We are going to have reserved signs on a couple tables for the bridal party and our parents. The venue will over seat the room so there will be plenty of space.

We are still naming our tables (baseball stuff for the FH), so people will remember where they are sitting since each table will have a unique name.

People are smart…they can figure it out. I don’t need the stress of caring if people like each other at the table

You can always use those cute placecard ideas to put little “thank you for coming” notes or something at each place setting - plus, then they already have a snack if they get tired after dancing if you use the apples!

I’m not doing assigned seats and (hold on to your hats) there won’t be enough chairs for everyone. We are going with party seating (see below for details) ’cause we are planning a party wedding.

We are doing a combination of traditional round tables with 10 chairs, high top tables for 4 with 2 stools and some casual conversational seating. We are also doing stations for the food which will be open for 2 hours so people can eat a bite or two and then dance and then eat and then dance, etc. if everone wanted to sit down at the same time 90% of them could do so.

We are doing assigned tables, but not assigned seats. I think it’s a good idea, because we have exactly the number of seats as are guests, and we don’t want, say, a family of six coming in late and having to split up and sit at different tables because people like to save seats or not sit next to people they don’t know.

I’m the opposite - didn’t want to bother with assigning seats. But our coordinator said we should: leaving it up to guests means it takes too long for ppl to get seated, ppl like knowing they’re in the right place and we want family seated next to us (not stuck in Siberia). I’m not looking forward to trying to figure out who goes where, but it’s just one of those things you have to deal with.

We’re having a seated dinner and plan on assigning tables, but not seats. I’ve been to 4 weddings this year: 1 with assigned seating, 1 with assigned tables, and 2 with no seating or table assignments. I preferred the table assignments over the other options, personally. At the 2 weddings with no assignments, I felt like we needed to get there early enough to find a seat with someone we knew (which weren’t many people at either wedding) and being shy, I felt akward asking, “are these seats taken?” I remember a wedding I went to 10 years ago (a long time ago, I know!)… it was a family member’s wedding and we were from out of town with elderly relatives… which honestly just takes a bit longer to get anywhere (just walking slower, etc, no offense, just true!) and we ended up sitting with people we’d never seen before, faaaaar away from any family, all the way in the back… and it just kind stunk because I felt the elderly relatives deserved a little more attention than that, and we spent a lot of money flying there with hotel rooms, etc etc etc… and then to be stuck away from anybody we knew… just not fun. And I’m not even THINKING about assigned seating for my wedding… because really… who needs that much of a hassle? They can find there table and choose an open seat.

Also… not sure about who’ll put out place cards… I’ve actually been wondering the same thing! I know the place were my reception will be will put out favors, but since it’s at a family home… hmm… best bet would probably be to contact your caterer and ask if they do that type of thing.