How To Plan Your Seating Chart

When planning your seating chart, first things first, don’t start the seating plan until after all your guests have replied with whether or not they will be attending your wedding. Planning the seating chart is a rather large task and you don't want to have to keep redoing it.

You can plan your seating chart in a Word or Excel document so that it is easy to update and redo if needed.

The only seats that we suggest you have as 'reserved' are the parents table seats. Reserving all the seats is time consuming and just a lot of extra work plus, your guests will move seats anyways.

It is good to keep in mind that the larger number of tables you have, the more: centrepieces, rented table clothes, accessories, etc, you need.

The best seats in the venue go to the parents tables. Put younger guests closest to the speakers. Put the vendors at a table by themselves at the back of the room.
If you are standing in the back of the dining room looking at the head table, the bride and her family sit on the left-hand side of the room and the groom and his side on the right.


Hope these tips help you plan your seating chart!