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Table of 4?

libride2015libride2015 member
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edited October 2015 in Wedding 911
So the wedding is 10 days away - 

Final payments have been made, numbers are in and everything is DONE!! I am so excited!

Last night though we received a call from a close family friend that they will no longer be attending as one of them will be receiving open heart surgery this Tuesday... we are heartbroken -and feel terrible, completely understood and were thankful that in all the chaos they found time to call us. 

But now - they were at a table of 8 - and 4 will not be attending. My seating chart (I did a frame with the escort board) is completed so It isnt like I can take table some tables of 12 and break them down (i just finished the board yesterday too).... 

Do I just have a table of 4? Do we personally ask some guests if they mind moving to a different table? 

Is it a big deal? It doesnt bother me - if its ok to leave - but I am just not sure.

Any advice should be appreciated and prayers for our friend!

Thanks

Xo

(edited for typo)
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Re: Table of 4?

  • holyguacamole79holyguacamole79 member
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    I'd leave it.  Murphy's Law - if you rearrange stuff now, someone else will change their RSVP to decline.  And the last thing you want to be doing is scrambling to rearrange stuff a few days before the wedding.






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  • lyndausvilyndausvi mod
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    I had last minute changes up until the day before the wedding.  I didn't have a board, but I was making new table cards up until the day before the wedding.    

    With 10 days left  I wouldn't be surprised if you have more changes.   I would make changes now, but not do a final print until the 1-2 days out from the wedding.









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  • VicTim328VicTim328 member
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    I'd leave it.  Think of it as a little bit of a back up.  If for some reason someone shows up that wasn't supposed to be there, they have a seat...
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  • frenchiekinfrenchiekin member
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    VicTim328 said:
    I'd leave it.  Think of it as a little bit of a back up.  If for some reason someone shows up that wasn't supposed to be there, they have a seat...
    Ditto this.  Are you renting the tables, or do they come with the venue?  If you are renting them and are picking the sizes of the tables, then you might be able to get a slightly smaller one so it doesn't look as empty (like going down to a 60" round from a 72").  

    We ended up with one table of 6 while all of the other tables were between 9 and 11 people.  I felt odd about it, but it ended up not mattering in the slightest.  You have too many other things to worry about!  And as PPs said, this could change again in the next 10 days.  I would leave it as a buffer for now.


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  • NicRen17NicRen17 member
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    I have tables seating people ranging from 4-10 seats. I have one family coming (husband, wife, and 2 girls under 5) who won't know anyone else present except myself and my FI. It seems ridiculous to seat them with a bunch of people that they won't know but those people will know others at the table. I plan on having this family's table seated near our sweetheart table and my co-workers' table, whom they may recognize faces due to our work affiliations.
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