Trying to work out who we can sit with who for the wedding breakfast but am finding it very diffficult. We have a very small venue so not many tables but does anyone know how many people can comfortably sit around a table without being too squashed in. Also our venue The Lymm Hotel in its reseraunt that we will be using has those half moon comfy couch type backs and normal chairs for the other half, I think this is gonna compicate the matter even more lol. Oh and one last thing are you sitting people who know each other together or mising the families up?????? xx
CommentAuthorcharlottelee
if they are 6ft round it is normally 10 people. We arent mixing family but will be mixing both sets of friends
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CommentAuthorJELLYBABY
I am having 6 round each table and mixing friends with H2B family so people have new things to talk about with people they dont know...
CommentAuthorOfficially Mrs M
we have 6ft tables and you can get 10 round them but we are having just 8 so that we can have 5 tables instead of 4 and a half :-)
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CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
i am mixing the families up other wise there will some people who never talk to anyone else
Im not mixing families up as my Dad really doesnt do public events lol We are having 1 table of 10 one table of 9 one of 8 ,one of 5 and one of 4 :-S all because Dad doesnt want to be sat with "strangers" both of the families were going to be sat together bit that isnt happening now
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CommentAuthorMagicFairies
ask your venue about the numbers they advise putting on each table but 10 sounds about right. we are having round tables and putting 8 or 9 on each. and we are mixing up the families a bit so that everyone is with someone they know but also have others they don't know on the table - this is my strategy to limit the number of within- family conflicts - my theory being that they'll behave better if there are strangers on their table too!
CommentAuthornickers
ours is max 10 x
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CommentAuthorkimmy
We are having 8-10 on each table, and we are mixing family around!!!
CommentAuthorkrazykitty
i was going to mix family up but put at least two lots of people on each that will know each other. we will probably have mixed number tables too i think i had worked it that most tables have at least 8 or 9 people and the top table x then again we have about 50 odd adults and maybe a kids table for the few older kids so yeah. xx
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CommentAuthorJLR
ooh thanks girls I think thats a good idea to mix but make sure that there are groups of people that know each other on each table, thank you x x
CommentAuthorClareS
Our venue has said we can fit 12 max around a table but I think this may be too much. We're not mixing up the tables x
CommentAuthoramanite
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At the planning stage, it can be good to write the name of your guests on small pieces of paper, and have some big pieces of paper to represent each table. Cluster your guests into several groups of 3 or 4 people who know each other. Place two or three such groups at each table where the different groups do know necessarily know each others. Place the chatty guests near the middle of the table and next to the more quiet guests. Also you may want to think who might have some topics of discussion that are of mutual interest. (job, holidays, kids, etc) Finally, make sure you have a good entertainment to make sure everyone relax quickly, for example *********************** .
Also you may want to alternate man and woman, with couples next to each others. M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
CommentAuthorUnknown
my venue told us 8-10 but we have top table of 7, one table of 8 and 6 tables of 9 xx
CommentAuthorGazza 122
Ours have a max of 10, but on some tables wewill have 8 & 9's We are trying to keep families together as such but them mixing up our friends xx
CommentAuthormelliecake
It depends on the size of your tables. I'll put a link on my wall to the place I'm hiring tables from, it tells you how many people can be seated on the different sized tables x
CommentAuthorhjl2001uk
our round tables sit 10 and I wasn't going to mix ppl but after trying to keep ppl together and having no luck I'm just gonna throw ppl's names at the baord!
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CommentAuthorOfficially Mrs M
we're not mixing them up but we're having M F M F all the way round on each table to that its not all the men sat together and not all the women either
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CommentAuthorcj
we have 6ft long tables can only get 6 or 8 on them x
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CommentAuthorAnnette
We're having the round tables I think and decided on 6ppl per table as we didn't want it to look "cramped". But then again we've decided to do a bbq instead of a "proper" wedding breakfast so now we're thinking maybe we dont need a table plan at all :/
