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Seating Charts, Escort Cards, oh my???

kristenrmu22kristenrmu22 member
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in Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh
I intially didn't plan on doing a seating chart per say because we only had 40 ppl on our guest list. I was just going to place an escort card at the place seating I would like the guest to sit. I figured it would create some mingling..Well, our guest list grew to 70 so that won't really work and would cause some chaos and waste time. 

So here is my question, if I do a Seating Chart (a chart with names and table number which I would place over this ugly bullentin board in the front of the venue) would I need to make cards too? If I make the cards would I have them at a table up front or place them at the place sitting at the table? 
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Re: Seating Charts, Escort Cards, oh my???

  • mm4662mm4662
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    edited December 2011
    If you did an actual seating chart on the board then I don't think you'd have to do cards either. I just google image searched and found this. It seems like it lists the table. I think if you did this, then you wouldn't need to give a card too.






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  • kristenrmu22kristenrmu22 member
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    edited December 2011
    o good...I really didn't want to. 
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  • jlbaxter33jlbaxter33
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    edited December 2011
    Speaking of this, I am trying to figure out my escort cards. Ideally, I would like all the cards to be the same and then the names written in different ink to indicate their meal choice. But, I don't know about people who wrote "Mrs. Baxter and Guest" and picked two meals. Some of these people I can ask who had what but for others, I just have to guess. Any solutions?
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  • eddiesgirl11eddiesgirl11 member
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    edited December 2011
    Have each escort card the Same and then if they get fish their card has a little tulip on it, if they got steak it has a rose on it ect. That way everyone has the escort card but they look a bit different for the servers. I'd ask your venue too. Sometimes they have a way they have used in the past when doing multi choice entrees.
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  • eddiesgirl11eddiesgirl11 member
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    edited December 2011
    What I would personally do? Is pick... You know one of them ordered one and one so Give the chicken to the guest the prime rib to Courtney if it's wrong they switch. No problem. And who even remembers WHAT they checked one year ago... I think guests would be fine with saying to their spouses or whoever... No hunny that's my rib. But it's your call. Gl
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  • mm4662mm4662
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    edited December 2011

    Is there anyway someone could e-mail them? Then you wouldn't have to call and you'd have a name and a choice??

    If not, maybe you could write down "Ms _____" in one color and right under "Guest" in another color..... I don' tknow if that would work but it's an idea.

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  • jlbaxter33jlbaxter33
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    edited December 2011
    But, how to handle the "and guests"... for instance one girl Ms. Courtney wrote "and guest" on her RSVP, I don't know her well enough (FI's family friend) to call and ask, and I doubt his mother feel comfortable doing that... it's an old friend, yada yada, anyways, I could write "Ms. Courtney and Guest" on the escort card, but they checked one prime rib and one chicken piccata, so how do I handle that?
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  • Flowerstar1023Flowerstar1023
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    edited December 2011
    I think you're over thinking it. Write Ms. Courtney and Guest on the card and then do what everyone is saying: Put a sticker for the prime rib and a sticker for the chicken or whatever way you've decided to indicate it on the card and be done with it. Courtney and Guest can switch if they want to or if they're like a lot of people, they'll share bites of each anyway. They're not going to be insulted if the waiter gives one the prime rib and the other the chicken. And, the waiters will see the card with the two stickers sitting in front of Courtney. More than likely she'll sit right next to her guest and can indicate choices appropriately just like she would in a restaurant on a typical day when the busboy brings out the meals. Your guests aren't mute. 

    And, if you don't feel comfortable calling if you do want to reconfirm, why not have fiance call? It's fiance's family friend after all. He can do stuff too...And, if no one is comfortable calling, then why in the world is the person on the guest list?
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