Do I really need to assign seats at the tables?

Blue Sky Blog 2.8.5.12

For a plated or buffet wedding dinner, everyone should have a place at an assigned table. This allows every guest to have a home base, to place their purse, jacket or personal belongings for the entire evening. If you have to remove a table from a dance floor, make sure it is a table of younger members of the party.  A stationed food reception can be either totally casual with random seating, or assigned seating, as you like!

Some of the problems with not having assigned seating are resetting tables last minute to accommodate guests whims and not having enough seats for family members.  “Lets make a 14 top out of a 10 top so that all my friends can sit with us!”  Crunch! Or worse…..here comes a family of 4 at the beginning of dinner service. They would like to sit together. There are plenty of seats, but not 4 together…….Speaking to the banquet manager ”This is your !#&#! Fault (that we are late to the reception), and what are you going to do about it?” Roll another table out, set it and seat the family of 4 at it…….. very awkward position to be in…..She apologized later.

So plan where everyone is to sit. The tables will all be full, with no last minute moves to slow up the action! And only the bride and MOB, MOG knows if Uncle Bob can sit next to Aunt Judy and be civil! Or where is the best place to place them!    

                                               Photo by Lucas DeSousa