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Seating Chart Ideas

Ideas for How to Arrange Wedding Guests on a Seating Chart

When thinking of wedding seating chart ideas, you should first consider, aside from practicality, how you want the board to be laid out. It may sound like a minor detail, but it’s these kinds of small, thoughtful pieces of planning that will elevate your celebration.

While trying to figure out what type of name organization you desire, keep an eye also on the font, and the size of the lettering being used. There’s no point in coming up with a beautifully designed and well laid out wedding seating chart, if your guests can’t read their names. Consider especially your older guests, as they won’t be able to easily read small, tightly drawn calligraphy.

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Arrange Your Seating Chart Alphabetically

The industry standard for wedding seating charts is for guests to be arranged alphabetically. It’s easy to follow, and your people will instantly know what they’re doing.

Names should be listed in one column on the left, along with their corresponding table on the right in another column. If you have lots of guests, be sure to make the letter grouping clear on the board. Either by giving the first person of each letter group a large first letter of their name, or by breaking up the names by a standalone letter. Whichever option should make the process of finding names simpler for guests.

When choosing to list names alphabetically, there’s also the option to arrange guests by couple. The best way to do this is to list first the guest you’re closest too, and then their plus-one or partner. For example, if your auntie is bringing her new partner, and you haven’t met them previously, they would go second in the order of names.

Arrange Seating Chart by Table

If you would prefer guests to see straight away who is on their table, then arrange everyone by their table number. This style of presentation does involve a little more scanning through of names than alphabetical does, but it is nice to know who’s in your group before you sit down.

Print Out Your Wedding Seating Diagram

Printing out your wedding seating diagram can make a nice compliment to a list of names, and help some guests to better find their seats. Our wedding seating chart can be easily exported to A1, which is an ideal size for not just vendors, but for reception presentation too.

This wedding seating chart idea is especially useful if you’re planning a large wedding, with ten or more tables. As often, with events of that size, it can be hard for guests to navigate to their table upon arrival. With lights typically dim, decor distracting their view and champagne affecting their focus!

Share Your Wedding Seating Chart with Guests Digitally

For those couples creating a wedding website, or planning to use e-invites, you could offer guests a sneak peek of where they’ll be sitting before the big day. This option is ideal if you don’t want a physical diagram of the table arrangement present at your reception. But you do want to help guests quickly find their seats.

This will certainly make a fun surprise for your loved ones, and they’ll love gossiping about who’s sitting with who. The only problem is that sending your chart out early does offer guests a greater opportunity to try to swap places – and you will certainly have one or two who’ll try! But be strong!