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What would you prefer for guest seating?

soontobemrshamiltonsoontobemrshamilton member
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edited June 2015 in Wedding Reception Forum
We are having a fairly small wedding, 33 people.
4 tables total. The first 2 tables are our families and then the last table our friends.

Should I do a seating chart and then name place cards at their seat? OR

No seating chart, but just assign them a table and they can decide where they sit?

****Both options are assigned tables, sorry maybe I didn't word it correctly.

Assigned table and you pick your own seat OR

Assigned table and your seat is assigned too?


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Re: What would you prefer for guest seating?

  • lyndausvilyndausvi mod
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    Assigned tables.






    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
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    I prefer assigned tables.
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  • southernbelle0915southernbelle0915 mod
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    Assigned tables.
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  • Jen4948Jen4948 member
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    Assigned tables.
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  • MairePoppyMairePoppy mod
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    Assigned tables.
                       
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  • soontobemrshamiltonsoontobemrshamilton member
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    Both options are assigned tables, sorry maybe I didn't word it correctly.

    Assigned table and you pick your own seat OR

    Assigned table and your seat is assigned too?
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  • Jen4948Jen4948 member
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    Assigned table, choose own seat
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
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    assigned tables, NOT assigned seat
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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
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    Assigned tables, no assigned seat.
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  • lyndausvilyndausvi mod
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    edited June 2015
    soontobemrshamilton said:
    Both options are assigned tables, sorry maybe I didn't word it correctly.

    Assigned table and you pick your own seat OR

    Assigned table and your seat is assigned too?
    Well if you are assigned the seat, the table would automatically be assigned, no?

    That is why myself and others said just "assigned tables" because you can't assign me a seat without assigning me a table first.






    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
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  • soontobemrshamiltonsoontobemrshamilton member
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    Gosh, sorry if I'm not making sense.

    All guests will be assigned a table. and then they can either decide where to sit at that assigned table or they will have an assigned seat at that assigned table.

    I've been to weddings where I saw both done. I'm just not sure what I want to do.
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  • sparklepants41sparklepants41 member
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    soontobemrshamilton said:
    Gosh, sorry if I'm not making sense.

    All guests will be assigned a table. and then they can either decide where to sit at that assigned table or they will have an assigned seat at that assigned table.

    I've been to weddings where I saw both done. I'm just not sure what I want to do.
    I vote for this option - it's nice to give the guests the freedom to choose which chair they sit in at their assigned table.
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  • lyndausvilyndausvi mod
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    You are way over-thinking this.


    Your options are:

    open seating  - everyone picks where they sit

    Assigned tables - you pick the table.  They pick the seat at the table.

    Assigned seats.  -  You pick the exact seat they are going to be sitting at, which by default assigned the table too.


    Everyone so far as chosen just assigned tables.








    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
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  • soontobemrshamiltonsoontobemrshamilton member
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    lyndausvi said:
    You are way over-thinking this.


    Your options are:

    open seating  - everyone picks where they sit

    Assigned tables - you pick the table.  They pick the seat at the table.

    Assigned seats.  -  You pick the exact seat they are going to be sitting at, which by default assigned the table too.


    Everyone so far as chosen just assigned tables.

    Yep, I'm an over thinker for sure!


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  • libride2015libride2015 member
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    Assigned tables for sure! 
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  • southernbelle0915southernbelle0915 mod
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    soontobemrshamilton said:
    Both options are assigned tables, sorry maybe I didn't word it correctly.

    Assigned table and you pick your own seat OR

    Assigned table and your seat is assigned too?
    FYI - "assigned tables" = assigning a table and no seat....

    "assigned seats" = assigning a certain seat at a certain table.

    I think this was everyone's confusion. Sorry. My vote is for assigned tables.
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  • ViczaesarViczaesar member
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    soontobemrshamilton said:
    Gosh, sorry if I'm not making sense.

    All guests will be assigned a table. and then they can either decide where to sit at that assigned table or they will have an assigned seat at that assigned table.

    I've been to weddings where I saw both done. I'm just not sure what I want to do.
    Yes, people understand what you're saying.  When they reply with "assign tables" it's shorthand for "assign tables, not seats." 



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  • hellohkbhellohkb mod
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    I prefer assigned seats, personally.


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  • banana468banana468 member
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    hellohkb said:

    I prefer assigned seats, personally.

    I don't. I've seen MIL rearrange the place cards so she can sit next to BIL while she tried to split him from his wife who was six mos pregnant. It's not the hosts fault that she did this but I think people take an editorial approach as guests to the assigned seats.
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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
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    hellohkb said:
    I prefer assigned seats, personally.

    I'm curious as to why.
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  • MandyMostMandyMost member
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    When you have a typical 8-person type of table as you're planning, I vote for just assigned tables. I think assigned seats are better for when you can't easily assign tables...like if you had 2 long tables instead of 4 round tables, for example. You don't want the last couple to get there and not have 2 seats together! This doesn't happen with only 8-person tables, especially round tables. 

    For our rehearsal dinner we had about the same number of people (34 I think) and the set up was 2 long tables, so we assigned the seats. It was a way to make sure people got to sit with who they knew, and no one got separated, and we got to sit next to our parents as we had planned. 
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