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mrswinteriscoming
VIP December 2021

Seating chart and place cards?

mrswinteriscoming, on November 9, 2021 at 12:39 AM Posted in Wedding Reception 1 4

We are having a small sit down dinner for our (COVID) downsized wedding which means we will have 38 people seated across 3 tables. Due to how small our guest list is (we downsized from 160!) we will most definitely be having place cards because we are strategically sitting people together based on personalities and who we know will get along with who.

As we are having place cards at the tables, I feel like it may be a bit unnecessary to have a seating chart as well, though I do not want to have to make all our guests walk around each of the tables (albeit only 3 of them) to find where they are situated.

Thoughts - should we have a seating chart in addition to place cards or just leave it? If we do have a seating chart, it will be on the same poster as our welcome sign.

4 Comments

Latest activity by Michelle, on November 9, 2021 at 1:27 PM
  • Jacks
    Rockstar November 2054
    Jacks ·
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    With 5 tables at max I think just seating cards is perfect! Sorry you got downsized...

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  • Samantha
    Super August 2022
    Samantha ·
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    We're having a very similarly sized dinner and I don't plan on doing a seating chart. I was thinking about printing one for my DOC to have just in case, but I was just going to put out the place cards!

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  • H
    Master July 2019
    Hannah ·
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    Typically you have escort cards that inform the person of their table number and then place cards at their place setting. That's still a number of seats to walk around to find your correct one. If you don't want the escort cards, can you at least have an usher or someone who will help guests find their seats? While some people may find their seats quickly, a few may end up going to every seat before they find their name.
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  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    Have the cards lined up alphabetically on a table near the entrance and skip the poster.
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