Seating chart! Help!!!!

Lanyer

I have gone over my guest list every which way and cannot find a way to group people in sets of 8. Right now I have tables ranging in size from 7 to 10 people. I know my guests would love to sit in the spots I have for them with this arrangement. Do you think anyone will really care that all the tables don't have the same number of guests? Getting married this week, didn't expect this part to be so hard. Any thoughts are appreciated.

duckie1905

Guest lists, just like life, don't come in neat little sets.  Even if you hadn't gone over your guestlist it is unlikely that your tables would work out so each had exactly 8 people sitting at it. 

With that being said, I wouldn't want to sit at a table for 8 that had 10 people at it.  I would think that for eating, especially, it would be very cramped.  I would see if you can remove the tables of 10 and maybe stick to tables of 7-9.  Or, see if your venue has a few larger tables you might be able to use.  It is one thing to shove an extra person at table but when you start adding 2 or more extras things start to get crowded.

Simply Fated

"Do you think anyone will really care that all the tables don't have the same number of guests?"
Unless they have a severe case of over-cumpulsive disorder... no.
People want to sit with people they can talk to. They won't care that there are only 7 people at their table while the table next to them has 9 or 10. It's not a contest.... it's a wedding reception.
Now, the more important question is... how many people can the tables hold? Because f they can only hold 8 people max, then go for the groups of 7. If you have a group of 10, remove the extras and create another table. They will get over it because they would rather sit comfortably than sit squished at a table made for only 8 people.

trix1223

My DDs wedding hae varying numbers at guest tables.  If anyone at all even noticed, no one said a thing.  I think they were all so pleased that DD and SIL had taken the time to place them where they'd be happy.

I do agree with pps that 10 people at a table made for 8 would be pretty annoying though.

kaynix21

Are there some single people that are coming, that would fit in well with one of those groups?

I don't think it matters though, as long as you have enough tables to accodomate the people.

lilcassers

yea I would seat the guests in order to make them feel comfortable, don't concentrate on numbers.

lyndausvi

Not all my tables had the same amount of people.  I can't imagine anyone cared. It's not like they would go around counting seats.

As far as not overstuffing the table.  I agree with that unless you have one extra person.  Example you have a family of 9.  I personally would not mind being a little squished if that meant we all can be at the same table.   Any more than 1 than I would not do it though.

cnd1127

I was just going over my list last night and also realized that my table numbers will most likely  be uneven... I went to a wedding where I was at a table of 10.. it was soo overcrowded.. I would def. stick with 7-9 if at all possible.. trust me that extra person matters...