Reserved Signs?

We are reserving specific seats! I am worried if we just put "reserved for families" that a third cousin or something will see an empty seat and be like "oh I'm family" and sit there lol. I feel like it is better to just tell people exactly which chair to take, to avoid confusion. Also since my mom is walking me down the aisle I want to make sure the aisle seat is reserved for her.

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So are you reserving seats for the entire first two rows? All family? Or just your parents?

I'm planning on having a little sign hanging at the end of each row that just says "Reserved" and letting my parents, future in-laws, etc. know to sit there.

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We're just reserving the first row. My side is my mom, 2 grandparents, and 2 uncles, FH's side is his dad, brother, 2 grandparents, and 1 uncle. Basically just our top 5 close relatives lol

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That makes sense! I'll talk to my fiance about this, it seems like a good idea.

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That's a good idea!

I am just hanging a "reserved" sign at the end of the first row (on both sides of the aisle) for our parents and grandparents. I will have our coordinator make sure no one else sits up there and keep things organized. However, I think you could totally reverse specific seats for specific people. Just makes things even easier and more on track!

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Yeah, that's what I'm thinking!

We reserved seats for each individual person. But we didn't have a ton, so it was super easy. His parents, his grandma, the readers, my mom & her husband, my dad and stepmom.

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What are your signs made of? Just cardstock?

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Yep - just heavy cardstock. Used a heart shaped hole punch to poke the holes and just tied ribbon through them.

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Pretty, I really like that idea!

Everyone in my family is divorced and many are bitter. They will have assigned seats. This includes our siblings and their SOs and our parents stepparents grandparents and step grandparents. I’m ordering cute cards with ribbons from Etsy.

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I'm glad to hear other people are doing this. Are you assigning extended family seats too? I'm wondering if I should just do all seats in the first two rows just to be clear?

View Quoted Comment I’m not assigning for aunts uncles or cousins. I’ll have most seats in the first two rows marked, but again they will be really specific for each chair of mom here, stepmom here, dads girlfriend here, etc. it’ll be their name not dads girlfriend, but you know what I mean. There may be a few at the end of the second row that aren’t marked.

If you have an usher or wedding coordinator, see if they can rope off the first couple of rows like they do at graduations. Then before the ceremony starts, have them to remove the rope and bring in the immediate family.

Could you have ushers walk them down the aisle and give them specific seats? I would do the first couple rows reserved. And it's definitely okay to assign seats for the parents!

I am only reserving the first row on each side for my parents, his parents, and grandparents. Extended family is nbd to me. Even so my parents are just my parents and my grandma so whoever else can sit on that side in the first row. My aunt and uncle probably would. My sister and brother are in the wedding party. For FH's side it's his parents, his younger brother, and 3 grandparents so that row will probably be full.

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LOVE this. We only needed to reserve seats for three on my side (mom, dad, brother) and three on his side (mom, dad, stepmom) so we just told them to take the seats with the reserved signs. Our DOC helped fill in everything else/ move anyone that needed to be moved ahead of the ceremony starting. I just printed at home and used heavy card stock:

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This is pretty much what I plan to do. Our parents are probably all going to be seated as part of the ceremony, but my sisters will be allowed to sit in the reserved row. My guess is most guests will not sit in the first row unless they've never been to a wedding before because it is traditionally reserved for immediate family, but a reserved sign serves as a polite reminder!