hey all

was wondering how u all takeled the Seating plan for your wedding? the thought of doing it gives me a tummy ache :S also do you have to have seats for your evening guest or are they expected to stand? this confuses me :/ plus im not having a top table as there wouldnt be enough space (plus i cant eat in resturaunts is i know someone is looking never mind at a top table! i get far to nervous) any advice?

see thats the problem im having!!! aswell is that i have groups of friend n its working out that about 8 of them are at a table together n one left over sitting at a table with people they dont know n its driving me mad!! n my H2B hasnt got many friend ive forced him to make friend at work as i worry about him he was a loner at school n only has about 5 friends he wants to invite to the wedding :S

oh god im the same havent even thought about it yet will need to make a start after christmas, got so much still to do.xx

If you have a group of nine friends, maybe split them five four on seperate tables? At least then everyone is with someone they know.

We were having problems with this, this is what we are trying to do:

1. Make sure each person knows at least two other people on their table.
2. Not end up with a table full of the odd guests that don't know many other people aka 'rejects table'
3. Keep my brother and my mothers side of the family on seperate tables from my stepmother.
4. Make sure guests who are travelling a long way get to sit with the people they'd probably most like to see as they don't get to see them too often.
5. Try not to end up with a table full of the rowdier characters!

Also, we need to take into consideration things like Richards elderly great nan, who will need to be easily accessible for the toilet and with his aunt who looks after her.

We did want boy girl boy girl too, but it's just not gonna happen.

I keep telling myself it's only for a few hours, however I must admit it does put a dampner on things if you go to a wedding and are on a table with people you don't get on with.

Evening reception people will mingle anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it

Xx

That's what I'm thinking as h2b's single friends like their pop too, so thinking of splitting them 50/50 on separate sides of the room with a mix of my less rowdy friends,hoping this will stop them drinking excessively before the evening... Then I won't be too bothered,thy can hang around with whoever they want then xx

I thought it was going to be a nightmare, but to be honest, I just sat them in groups of people they would know, job done. Only became an issue when I had spare seats and spare people, but I managed to sort that out not a problem in the end.

The first thing I did was make small groups of 2/3 or 4 that had to be on the same table and moved those groups round until I was happy. Didn't take that long tbh

Do all your tables have to have the same number on them? I got the impression they didn't from our venue, which I think will definitely help.

I don't think I'm going to bother with boy-girl alternating either. If I happen to have a table with just couples then I will, but otherwise I think there are more important things to take into consideration.

LauraJo - sounds like a very good approach to table planning!

I think as long as they have enough tables then that's fine. I was limited to 8 tables of 10. There was no way they could fit anymore in. I had tried putting a couple of smaller tables in but they said they were unable to do that due to the size of the room, but managed easily to get it done, however one was going to have 11 on, which they said was not too much of a problem, however when it came to setting the room up the table that had 11 on, 3 of them did not turn up so that gave that table a bit more room.