1-900-ESCORTS

1-900-ESCORTS

May 10th, 2011 @ 4:38 pm by Mrs. Bacon
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The Baconator and I had a weird conversation the other night about getting our guests from a jumbled up mess of coworkers, family members, school friends, and random people our parents invited from cocktails into dinner. Clearly they will walk through the doorway, but how do they know which table is theirs?

Personally, I prefer the look and flexibility of escort cards. I like that we can write a note to each guest on the card along with their table name. Not to mention, the ease and flexibility of changing tables if we have some guests that suddenly decide not to come the week before the wedding. Besides, look at all these awesome, amazing escort card ideas!

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The Baconator, on the other hand, seems to think that Escort Cards are redundant. No idea why, but that’s what he says. His solution is a seating chart with all the table assignments in one place. At first I was like “No, that’ll be ugly,” but since then I’ve found all these great inspiration pics of awesome seating chart boards:

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Ok, so not quite a chart, but it’s so cute I had to include it!

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Since we aren’t numbering tables, there isn’t really a logical way for guests to know which table is where. The Baconator’s solution was a map of the tables and their names next to the seating chart, but I think it’s overkill. We only have eight tables (OK, well 16, put together), and the room isn’t that big, so I figure the guests can take a walk around the room and figure it out.

What do you think, should we do a table map? What are you doing: Escort cards or a seating chart?

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13 Responses to “1-900-ESCORTS”

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Stephalopolis (message) 73 posts, Worker bee

We’re doing a ribbon board like in this DIY post- http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/martha-inspired-ribbon-boards

Gives us the niceness of escort cards, but with the ease of setting up of seating chart (you can put the escort cards in there before hand and don’t have to worry about lining them up on a table day of.)

Can’t wait to see what you guys come up with!

5/10/11 @ 4:46 pm (reply)

Bee

Miss Snow Cone (message) 1,026 posts, Bumble bee

I think few people will need/take advantage of a table map, but there will probably be a handful who are REALLY glad that it’s there… maybe the older guests or people who are wearing uncomfy shoes and don’t want to have to walk very far to find their correct table.

In other news, if I were science-y or marrying a science-y person, I’d be all over that periodic table of guests. ALL OVER IT.

5/10/11 @ 5:05 pm (reply)

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kumquat11 (message) 111 posts, Blushing bee

We’re doing a seating chart and letting guests find their tables. I always find it fun at weddings wandering around looking for my table and talking to other people, especially if the tables have cute names and centerpieces, so I get to see them all!

5/10/11 @ 5:19 pm (reply)

Bee

Miss Pony (message) 4,171 posts, Honey bee

I am lazy and pretty certain that people from our families will change their minds at the last minute, so escort cards were definitely my choice. But I LOVE that bunting chart, seriously adorable!

5/10/11 @ 5:22 pm (reply)

Bee

Miss Seal (message) 1,179 posts, Bumble bee

That periodic table is AWESOME. Anyhoo, I was thinking we’d do a table map—but now I’m leaning towards escort cards (less to rearrange if someone drops out last minute like Miss Pony mentioned)!

5/10/11 @ 5:52 pm (reply)

Bee

Miss Biscuit (message) 624 posts, Busy bee

Haha, I totally thought this post would be about people hiring plus ones :). I don’t think you need a map for 8 tables. I was worried about this as well (with 36 or so tables), but then I realized that people would figure it out.

At Mr. B’s cousin’s wedding, they had the table names written on a sheet of paper and we had to find our names and then find the appropriate table name. There were about 12 tables, and though it took a little looking, everyone found their place without chaos.

I’m excited to see how it will all look!

5/10/11 @ 6:43 pm (reply)

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lisaelanna (message) 315 posts, Helper bee

LOOOOVVEEE the window pane design…but sadly there is no way I could work that into our “theme.” Probably overall a good thing since its also one of the first things I’ve seen in a while that I have NO idea how to DIY.

5/10/11 @ 6:46 pm (reply)

Bee

Miss Candy Apple (message) 1,465 posts, Bumble bee

Hahaha me too, Miss Biscuit.

I keep debating between cards and a chart too. Oh, and those constellation cards?? My new favorite things ever…

5/10/11 @ 8:20 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

We did a map with our table names, but I have no clue if it really helped our guests. There were only 13 tables so I’m guessing they probably could have found it one way or another. Just wanted to make it a little easier for them.

5/10/11 @ 9:10 pm (reply)

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kirafiki

We had table names with pictures of us and no numbers. the guests had to walk around and look for tables. but, I think they liked looking at the pics. we just made sure that the names were petty obvious from across the room.

5/11/11 @ 2:47 am (reply)

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Bee

Miss Gazelle (message) 994 posts, Busy bee

I’m thinking of going with a seating chart and personalized menus. Our room is pretty small with only 5 tables so I’m sure the guests will be able to find their seats!

Love the periodic table one!

5/11/11 @ 11:42 am (reply)

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Bee

Miss Tartlet (message) 3,207 posts, Sugar bee

I soooooo wanted to do a window pane seating chart for our wedding! We also only had 8 tables and a seating chart worked out really well. No show-stopping confusion that we’re aware of, at least.

5/11/11 @ 5:07 pm (reply)

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Jenny

I LOVE the window seating chart… so much so that I wanted to include it in my own wedding. Knowing I had neither the time or skill to do this on my own, I scoured the web looking for someone who could do it. I found them on Etsy by simply searching for “window seating chart.”

6/26/11 @ 11:23 am (reply)