Seating Chart

You could make a rough draft now if you want, I'm starting to do that just to prepare for a slim chance of all "yes" RSVPs. I wouldn't put too much time/thought into it until after your RSVP deadline, just because you might get it all figured out now and have to change it completely once you have your final count. Best of luck to you!

I made a tentative seating chart early on and will adjust as the RSVPs come in. It will be printed after the rsvp deadline in November. I wouldn’t make a permanent one now.

I did that. I placed all the guests that were invited at tables and as they decline I will remove them and once I have all the RSVPs back I plan on moving people around to fill tables.

Hi! It might be helpful to draft up a rough draft of how you imagine the seating chart will look and then edit the chart once you have your RSVP confirmed list. I would definitely avoid printing or trying to finalize anything until you have received your Yes/Nos from guests!

Okay, so the general consensus is to make a rough draft. Got it. I wasn't planning on making anything final or concrete since we haven't even sent out STDs yet, I just wanted to get an idea of what to do.

I think I'll have to play around with the number of tables we have, since I got kind of stuck at the end of my guest list (seated bridal party and immediate family first) and had out-of-state cousins of mine and high school friends of FH left and putting them at a table together would be sort of awkward.

No— definitely wait til you get RSVPs back to do the seating chart. To try to do it now will only cause a headache later when you have to redo it based on responses.

Nah don't waste your time. Just wait for RSVPs to start coming in.

Seems like a waste of time without knowing who will be there.

I did so but only on excel spreadsheet! I set up the table numbers and put in who I wanted at each table. I started with family and worked my way to bridal party then friends. Once I get the design of the room I will decide what groups go where.

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For sure! It's just a rough draft. I pretty much did mine as soon as I finished my guest list to get the general idea of how many tables I needed and how complicated it could potentially get with arranging family and friends.

I think that you should wait. What I did to make life easier was keep a spreadsheet of guests and have one of the columns explaining their relationship to us. ie. Jordan- friend college, Jordan- work, Jordan- family. That made it much easier when I went to do the actually seating chart. i was done in under an hour.

My husband made our seating chart, but not until we had the RSVPs back or else we would have had to just redo the whole thing. We had invited 150 people, but only 90 people attended so it would have been a headache to redo. I would definitely recommend waiting until you know who all is attending.

I made a rough draft on WW as if everyone invited were to attend. As people have been responding, I've let the gaps stay. That way when all are in, I can start readjusting the seating chart to its final layout.

I've started a rough draft, and we can move things around later. It's best to have it started now rather than later, because there will be too much chaos.

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That's kind of exactly what I'm thinking-- I'd rather just be removing and rearranging people than trying to do a whole chart from scratch 2 months out from the wedding. We don't have a whole bunch of people so it wouldn't be a total headache, but I'd rather do it now and fix it up later.

I also recommend waiting until you have your RSVPs back. The sooner you start noodling on it, the more time you are going to waste moving people around. Your numbers are small, you'll be able to knock it out quickly once you have your RSVPs back. Use this time for other tasks.