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Making a Seating Chart Can Be Stress-Free
In the euphoric aftermath of saying "Yes!" to a marriage proposal, the one thing the bride-to-be-as well as her fiance-rarely think of is the task of putting together a seating chart. And really, why would she (or he)? Making a seating chart is a time-consuming headache. But it's a necessity of wedding planning and you can minimize the stress by preparing yourself for the task.
The first part of making a seating chart is narrowing down the guest list. Take a deep breath, sit down with your fiance and write down all the people you want to invite. Do not fret when the two of you come up with 200 guests for a 125-seat banquet hall. Believe it or not, the easier part of making a seating chart is narrowing the list down.
Wedding Planning Made Easy with Color-Coded Seating Charts
Once the list is whittled to something manageable, devise a color-coded system to divide up friends and family. Next, decide if the wedding party will sit with you on the dais or if you and your fiance will sit alone at the head table. Then assign family and close friends to the tables closest to you and your fiance. Whatever you do, make sure the parents and grandparents of the bride and groom are looking at you-don't make them crane their necks for footsteps, dances and toasts!
When seating friends, do not seat strangers at the same table. Hopefully, your friends have come to know one another and interacted over the years, which makes seating at wedges far easier. But if your friends have not mingled before, a wedding is not the time to introduce the groom's loudmouth fraternity brother with the bride's quiet-as-a-mouse friend from church. Better to divide the friends up and ensure maximum comfort for all involved.
Lastly, decide if the children of guests will be separated with their parents, or at a table of their own. It can be a fun taste of being a "grown up" for children to sit together, but take into consideration their liability level. Children screaming and running to and fro is a distraction nobody wants on their wedding day.
Seating at weddings can be one of the biggest challenges in wedding planning, but as long as you and your fiance are patient and proactive, making a seating chart does not have to be a nightmare. Best of luck!
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Source by Erica Fladell
