Arranging order for table chart

miranda holly

I am using assigned tables for the reception.  I was planning on making a list to post at the front of the venue, organized by last name under the corresponding letter.  My thing is, I am splitting up couples and listing each party under their last name.  Example: Jane Doe and her BF John Smith are coming.  Jane Doe is our guest, and her SO is John.  Do we list them seperately under their names, or should I list them under D for Doe "Jane Doe and John Smith".

I'm sure I'm over thinking this, but I just figured listing this way (by last initial) instead of by table number elimiated the need to look over every table to see where you are seated.  Ideas?

McRogol

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_arranging-order-for-table-chart?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:58527283-812c-41b3-af9e-a297183228b0Post:1ac0538e-5c53-4b7c-b45e-ae6c9c0c974e">Re: Arranging order for table chart</a>:
[QUOTE]I would list them together. 
Posted by Sylvia Weis[/QUOTE]

<div>agree</div>

StephJean83

I agree too about listing them together. In stead of arranging the lists alphabetically, have you thought of listing each table name/number and than listing eacch person under? I was at a wedding and the DOC stood near the sign, and helped locate people's table. It helped to keep couples together, which is always a plus.

AddieCake

We arranged our alphabetically and split them up. Ours weren't on a chart, though.

Kate61487

You could always put both under both.  i.e. list "Jane Doe and John Smith" under D and "John Smith and Jane Doe" under S.

Out of curiousity - how many people are we talking about?  I imagine with any more than, say, 50 people the sign would turn into a cluster. 

miranda holly

It's not so much a chart as a poster with all the names listed, and beside the name says the table number they are sitting at.  It's for approximately 80 people right now, 10 tables.  Not huge.  I just thought it would be easier to list people by name then by table number.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. 

egeurts

Are you having just the chart for helping people find their seats? Or escort cards too?

What we did was have escort cards arranged alphabetically, but then a chart/poster of all the tables and who was sitting where. So people would find their name, pick up their escort card, and then look for their table on the poster to see who they were sitting with and where it was in the reception space. 

To answer your original question though, I would organize your poster by table rather than by individual names. With only 10 tables, it won't by difficult for people to find where they are, especially since couples are together.