Seating Question **Kind of long, sorry!*
We are having our ceremony directly on the beach and are only having our vows and a simple sand ceremony, so we're expecting the whole ceremony itself to only last like 15-20 minutes.
When we met with our Ceremony Coordinator, who is also officiating, she said that a lot of people stand during the ceremony to take pictures, or just take a seat in the sand, since you are, afterall, on the beach. So it would be a little more cost-efficient for us to only have 30 chairs for our guest list of about 50.
Since then, the count has changed and we're expecting closer to 60.
I trusted her judgement at first, she is the professional afterall, but now I feel like it's wierd for there to not be actual seats for everyone. I've never been to a wedding before, much less, a beach wedding, so I'm not really sure if this is really wierd, or if I am? Haha.
So, am I worrying too much, or is it wierd to expect that most people will stand or take a seat in the sand, like she said?
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Re: Seating Question **Kind of long, sorry!*
Thanks ladies!
Planning Bio-- Updated 11.29.10
you should have a seat for everyone at my friends wedding which was on the beach sat in a chair.
[QUOTE] You should have a seat for each guest. I would not want to ask guest who are dresses nicely to have a seat in the sand. If you are planning on inviting older guests they may have trouble standing even for that short amount of time.
Posted by ariver2011[/QUOTE]
Ditto this.
Our ceremony was outside and at the last minute (2 days before the wedding) our chair vendor informed us that they didn't have the number of chairs they had a originally quoted for us. We ended up with 120 chairs and about 250 guests, so LOTS of people had to stand for our 15 minute ceremony. Since we knew that we didn't have enough seating, the wedding planners instructed the ushers to be sure that all of the older people and ladies were seated first.
Most people didn't mind standing for that short period of time and I've had to stand up at weddings before, too. That being said, I don't really see it as a problem for a casual, outdoor ceremony - especially if it will save you some money. Just be sure that all of the older people are seated and that your ceremony isn't super long.