XP - Seating Chart Poster vs. Place Cards

Re: XP - Seating Chart Poster vs. Place Cards

• AddieCake member

  

  July 2013

  We used river rocks. I was not there (we were taking pictures), but I bet there was a traffic jam around there, too. Hahaha!  I'm not sure it matters if you do cards or a big poster; I think either way there might be the traffic jam. If you made the poster big and high enough,though, it might be easier for people to see and create less of a jam. 

  
  

  
  

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• Maggie0829 member

  

  July 2013

  We used a poster but since we were taking pictures I am not sure if there was a traffic jam or not.  I have been to many weddings with both types and there is always some sort of back-up.  If there is a large group aroudn the place card table I will just go and grab a drink and come back in a few minutes.

  If you do a poster you could always do two of them to help with the traffic jam.  But really people will head into cocktail hour, grab a drink, mingle and then go and see where their tables are.  They won't all go directly to the poster or place card table at once.

  
  

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• manateehugger member

  

  July 2013

  I recommend if you do a poster, you do more than one like Maggie suggested.

  There's always a traffic jam, but it seems to ease up more quickly if everyone isn't trying to look at the same 2X3 piece of paper.

  Where is cocktail hour in relation to the room where the reception will be?

  

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• jewely24 member

  

  July 2013

  The reception is outside under a tent.  So there's not really a separate location for the cocktail hour, it'll just be the whole yard/tent area.

  
  

  I think I'm leaning back towards the cards, and possibly hanging them, because I think they'll be cheaper than printing and framing two posters.  And we're doing tables names after cities we've visited during our three years long distance, so the long-ish table names may make the poster extra cluttered...
  

  
  

  This is probably one of those things (there are many) that I'm over thinking.  Like many of you said, I won't be there anyways!

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• melb2013 member

  

  July 2013

  We did posters, but smaller ones that had the alphabet divided into 4 parts, so that there were 4 posters.  I was there during seating and there was never a traffic jam.  We had 120 guests.

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• allispain member

  

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  I did one poster for 85 guests and there was no problem with it as far as I know. I had originally planned on making individual cards, but since I was doing it DIY the poster was just so much easier. Plus, it made set up easier for the venue staff, since all they had to do was set that up as opposed to having to put out and alphabetize all the little cards - we had some other displays and things that, to be honest, were more important to me than place cards, and so I wanted them to have time to work on that instead.

  
  

  Really, I think either way will be fine.

  
  

  ETA - typo

  
  

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• sonthirathb

  

  July 2013

  I am doing a poster b/c that is normal for our area and culture. My parents went to a wedding a few weeks back where there were place cards and they complained and insisted I do not go with the new trend haha.
  
   I am sure will be a back up of people searching for their names No way around it.
  

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