table plan ?????

gillq

Hi everyone I'm just wondering do I have to do a table plan for my wedding ??
I dont want family members fighting with me if they think I have put them in the wrong seat. So would it be ok to go without table plan ??
thank you

January

Do a table plan. Otherwise you could have relatives/friends that you want sitting near the top table way down the back.

gillq

Its only close family that is coming so I wouldnt no who to choose to sit closet to the top table

pooch90

I'd definitely do one.
Especially if you have any older relatives who would be slow to make their way in and then get lumped in at a table full of young ones.

Bobsammy

Also if you don't do one you can end up with half empty tables and people still waiting who don't want to sit separate from each other the hotel has to put up more.
I didn't want to do one initially but the hotel advised it can be very awkward without one.
We went for a round top table with just ourselves and our parents in the end and then had brothers, sisters and the bridal party at the two closest tables.

K.C

I think table plans are a great idea. Gets people seated quicker without the messing. Also, f**k them, its your day so they shouldnt complain.

cookiecakes

We've done one. It was an absolute pain in the arse trying to get everyone with people that they would get on with but we wanted to make sure everyone would be comfortable with the people they were with at the table! It was way more time consuming than we thought it would be though!

seosamh1980

Do a table plan. We did one, well, I did it, only took me about 2 hours and wasn't as bad as people said. We were at a wedding recently with no table plan, we called it Seat Roulette. We got people barking at us that these seats were taken (they tipped them in against the table or put coats on them to save them for others), we got split from the only people we knew, and were literally like lonely kids playing musical chairs desperately looking for somewhere to sit. I was about 10 seconds from leaving and going to eat in the bar because I was that f*cked up of walking around like a lemon with all the seated family members sniggering at us (we were relatively new friends of the couple and work colleagues).

So yeah, do a table plan. Don't have to do a seating plan, just assign people tables, not seats. Do it by cutting out circles for each table, then get little sticky notes or sticky tabs (cut up the sticky notes), write names on them and then stick them on each paper table. Very easy and quick to sort out.

Do a table plan, if people want to move around a bit they'll do it on the day.

stargazer 68

Do a table plan op! Assign people to certain tables but not certain seats if you want but don't go without one. Asking for disaster IMO.

D3PO

gillq wrote: »

Hi everyone I'm just wondering do I have to do a table plan for my wedding ??
I dont want family members fighting with me if they think I have put them in the wrong seat. So would it be ok to go without table plan ??
thank you

Anybody ignorant to do that should be told to leave the building immediately. If there not happy to be there to share your happy day then they aren't welcome.

Do a table plan. Nobody will say anything about the seating.

Gatica

Do a seating plan but get input from your parents, they'relikely to know who likes to sit with whom. We got great help from the MIL, as she arranged a few of the tables for his close but quite extensive family.
We did seating arrangement as in who sits at what table, how they sit around it is up to them. The only table we arranged by seat was our own head table, which was also round.
We used the tool on http://www.seatingarrangement.com, I found it really good. The toughest bit was writing in all the guest list into the tool. There's an import function you can use if you have your guest list in excel format.

flikflak

We will have a basic table plan which will tell people which table they are on. Once they get there they can sit in whichever seat they like. I don`t have time to be messing around writing out who should sit next to each other. This is something I am sure my guests can work out for themselves.

solerina

We did one, it only took about 30 mins initially, then we showed it to both sets of parents and moved a few people as a result...Def do one !!! Its easier on the day

Cailleachdubh

We didn't have a table plan but had an 'area' plan of suggested seating. As in his family to the left of top table, my family to right etc. It was fairly loose and gave people the freedom to sit where they liked, but most people sat in the designated 'areas'. Sounds complicated but it worked for us.

Moonbeam

I would do one,we were finishing ours the night before the wedding while printing the table numbers:)

seosamh1980

Moonbeam wrote: »

I would do one,we were finishing ours the night before the wedding while printing the table numbers:)

That was my greatest fear, having jobs left to do the night before the wedding. Thankfully it didn't happen. I read of one bride up til 4am the night before printing mass booklets....FECK THAT.

smallerthanyou

I would do one and run it by parents if you can. Just think as a guest which would you prefer to be on Ryanair flight or air lingus.

gillq

Thanks everyone for your advise. I think I'll do a table plan :-)

Citygirl1

I've never organised a wedding, but definitely would advise a table plan.

As a wedding guest, I would be quite nervous if there was no plan. At the reception, I'd be afraid to move away from the crowd I planned to sit with, and would be on high alert for the call for dinner. I have been to a number of family weddings with no partner, which is grand as I was sitting with a group of cousins. In this situation, a guest could be accidentally squeezed out with no plan!