seating question.

kkchisholm

Our hall will be set up with a dancefloor in the middle of the room, and 6 tables on each side.  Kind of like this.

O O [     ] O O
O O [     ] O O
O O [     ] O O

It's really hard for me not to just put my family on one side, and his on the other... but I feel like doing this would be really weird.

How did you set your seating

brookelynpaisley

Our set up was 9 guest tables. All but one table on each side were from each of our sides. So "his" side had 3 tables + 1 table of my guests, "my" side had 4 tables of my guests + 1 tables of his. I think we did it because we tried to put tables of like groups next to each other, and the way ages and stuff matched up, it made sense for one table on each side to swap.

september's bride

We mixed and staggered the seating. Going across the room, you could go:

your family, his family, DANCEFLOOR, your family his family
his family, your family, DANCEFLOOR, his family, your family

etc, etc.

pooh8402

ours wasn't assigned seating. at all. so there were no "sides" and people sat with whoever.

CLSchramm

I think if your families know each other, staggering them could be a good idea.  But if they don't, I see nothing wrong with putting your family on one side and his on another - imo, goes along with 'seat people with who they know'.

squirrly

we didn't have the dance floor in the middle, but we did basically do a groom's side and a bride's side.  We had one table that was mixed together, though.  It worked out just fine.