Escort Cards and Place Cards

Re: Escort Cards and Place Cards

• Maggie0829 member

  

  April 2012

  You can assign specific seats if you really want to but it is sort of unnecessary.  I think assiging a table is fine but a specific seat gets to be a little overboard.
  
  For our wedding we used a seating chart to tell our guests which table they were sitting, but from there it was up to them to pick their own seats.
  
  I do know that if you are having your guests pick which food they want (you gave them two or three choices) then your venue may prefer you assign your guests seats so that the servers will know exactly who gets what.

  
  

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• specialk84

  

  April 2012

  I believe most brides assign just a table.

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• SpringBride2012

  

  April 2012

  Ok thank you ladies... I will only tell them which table to sit at and I'll let them choose their actual seats.

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• brilibby4 member

  

  April 2012

  We are assigning tables.  I have been to one wedding that assigned seats though.

  
  

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• specialk84

  

  April 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_escort-cards-and-place-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:7e389c15-a298-4438-b0ba-03df5be1764bPost:277e73f1-d058-49ba-8b67-0852915aba10">Re: Escort Cards and Place Cards</a>:
  [QUOTE]You can assign specific seats if you really want to but it is sort of unnecessary.  I think assiging a table is fine but a specific seat gets to be a little overboard. For our wedding we used a seating chart to tell our guests which table they were sitting, but from there it was up to them to pick their own seats.<strong> I do know that if you are having your guests pick which food they want (you gave them two or three choices) then your venue may prefer you assign your guests seats so that the servers will know exactly who gets what.</strong>
  Posted by Maggie0829[/QUOTE]
  
  <div>Or, you can put a color-coded ribbon on each escort card: blue for fish, pink for chicken, red for beef, green for vegetarian, etc. </div><div>
  </div><div>Give the caterer a count of each type of dish for each table--Table Four gets two chicken, four beef and two fish, etc.</div><div>
  </div><div>That way, the catering staff can just bring the requried number of each type of dish to each table, look at the escort cards each guest brought to the table, then distribute dishes appropriately.</div>

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• MattsPenguin member

  

  April 2012 edited April 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_escort-cards-and-place-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:7e389c15-a298-4438-b0ba-03df5be1764bPost:b79a2517-d8bb-4159-a824-3e2b073a7b6c">Re: Escort Cards and Place Cards</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Escort Cards and Place Cards : Or, you can put a color-coded ribbon on each escort card: blue for fish, pink for chicken, red for beef, green for vegetarian, etc.  Give the caterer a count of each type of dish for each table--Table Four gets two chicken, four beef and two fish, etc. That way, the catering staff can just bring the requried number of each type of dish to each table, look at the escort cards each guest brought to the table, then distribute dishes appropriately.
  Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]
  
  Similarly, I gave a summary of each table (at least pointing out the number of people, high chairs, kids meals) to the caterer.
  
  Then the place cards were either dark pink, light pink, blue, or white depending on the entree of the person.
  
  ETA: and by place cards, I mean table cards.  I assigned tables, not seats.

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• Maggie0829 member

  

  April 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_escort-cards-and-place-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:7e389c15-a298-4438-b0ba-03df5be1764bPost:b79a2517-d8bb-4159-a824-3e2b073a7b6c">Re: Escort Cards and Place Cards</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Escort Cards and Place Cards : Or, you can put a color-coded ribbon on each escort card: blue for fish, pink for chicken, red for beef, green for vegetarian, etc.  Give the caterer a count of each type of dish for each table--Table Four gets two chicken, four beef and two fish, etc. That way, the catering staff can just bring the requried number of each type of dish to each table, <strong>look at the escort cards each guest brought to the table</strong>, then distribute dishes appropriately.
  Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]
  
  Yeah, but that only works if the guest brings the escort card with them.  I have been to many weddings where the guest just looks at the card and either throws it away during cocktail hour or leaves it on the escort card table.

  
  

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• aurianna member

  

  April 2012

  We did actual seat assignments, but we had really long tables (like 30 people per table). Not doing so would have been akin to having no seating chart at all.
  
  I've been to round table weddings that had specific charts and those that did not... I honestly prefer the ones that say exactly where to sit because there's no confusion at all for the guest. They find their name and sit down. Also if it's kind of a mixed group at the table, you as the bride have the ability to seat people right next to those you think they might get along with best. (I guess the downside is some people feel like they're being constrained... but if you're close to them odds are you'd put them  next to who they'd normally sit with anyway)
  
  But as all PP have said... as long as they have assigned tables, you're not expected to go to the extra effort.

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