Who to seat far away?

indianaalum

I don't know if this would work but

1) Can you just move your DJ booth up there to give you more space for tables on the ground level?? You can keep the dance floor down below but have DJ above it?  This would also depend on the setup of your venue, I suppose.. Or if the loft is very large, perhaps move the dance floor up there?!?

2) How many vendors do you have? Did you count them in your 108?? if you counted them, you can always put them up top as you don't care to offend them in that way and they are probably use to sitting away from others anyhow during dinner?

3) How many are in your wedding party? Can you have it so you and your wedding party up there (this will only work if you somehow are visible to everyone from the loft?

photokitty

indianaalum said:

I don't know if this would work but

1) Can you just move your DJ booth up there to give you more space for tables on the ground level?? You can keep the dance floor down below but have DJ above it?  This would also depend on the setup of your venue, I suppose.. Or if the loft is very large, perhaps move the dance floor up there?!?

2) How many vendors do you have? Did you count them in your 108?? if you counted them, you can always put them up top as you don't care to offend them in that way and they are probably use to sitting away from others anyhow during dinner?

3) How many are in your wedding party? Can you have it so you and your wedding party up there (this will only work if you somehow are visible to everyone from the loft?

Please do not do this unless there is an elevator. Older and disabled guests would not be able to watch the dancing. People often overlook this issue when planning unless they have their own accessibility concerns.

huskypuppy14

I was at a wedding once (one of my favorite weddings as a guest), where all of the bride and groom's friends (including wedding party) were in this separate room (closest to the bar). They did it that way, because they figured we were younger and more likely to be on the dance floor anyway and not sitting at the tables all night. 

It's not ideal, but it's better then putting random guests up there. I also think the bride and groom being up there is not ideal. People want to talk to you and see you, and you'll barely be at your table anyway. So if you sit up there with the other guests, they'll barely see you anyway.

delujm0

kind of wondering where OP is...and if she has considered how annoying it would be for the guests who were seated upstairs to have to go downstairs to the buffet to get their food and then bring it back up there...that just sounds really annoying. Also, if the main floor only seats 100, does that number include room for a dance floor and buffet tables? it might not. in which case this is an even bigger probem than just needing to sea a few people in the balcony. if the 100 includes a dance floor and the buffet tables, maybe she can change from a buffet to a seated dinner and have the space for that one extra table? but i think she may have disappeared on us.

danamw

At my nephew's wedding me and hub were seated in the corner, way back, with some old neighbors. But it was just fine with us. I was able to stand and watch the traditional things without blocking anyone's view. The groom even said, wow they really stuck you in the back. I think it was because the bride's mom (a stranger) planned the seating and didn't know we were related, as we are the only ones with our surname, even though hub is uncle of the groom. And we were able to get up and socialize, it isn't grade school, you don't have to stay in your seat!

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I think, if the balcony seats 30, you should seat 20-30 in the balcony and leave the extra space on the ground floor. Then it feels less like one table is being banished and more like a cool different seating arrangement. And that extra space on the ground floor can just have rows of seats for people to watch the ceremony, then the chairs can move for dinner.