How To Prepare a Good Seating Plan.
A best time to prepare a good seating plan is when you have received most of the wedding acceptance cards.
Write each name individually on some paper so you can cut round each one. This allows you to move the names around with ease trying different thought plans for each table. Doing it this way saves you a lot of time rewriting each name and using lots of paper until you eventually have found the best seating plan.
Group wedding guests into friends or family groups.
Have couples sitting on the shared table but not necessarily next to each other.
Try to think of a person on each table who would be good at keeping the conversation flowing when seating family groups and friends together. This also works well if your inviting a family who may not know many people. They could be seated next to others who might have children of a similar age group.
For those guests who are attending on their own, try to place them with those who share a similar interest or profession, this will help them to feel more comfortable and included on their table during your Wedding Breakfast.
How To Prepare the Top Table
If you are looking towards the top table traditionally the seating would be from left to right:
- Chief Bridesmaid
- Groom’s Father
- Bride’s Mother
- Groom
- Bride
- Bride’s Father
- Groom’s Mother
- Best Man
If your parents are separated or divorced then the seating plan can be a bit tricky. Try changing the traditional top table seating plan to suit your circumstances:
Think about having the top table just for yourselves, the Bridesmaids and Best Man. The parents could each be seated close by with their respective partners on some nearby tables.