How To Decide On Wedding Seating Plan. Perhaps one long banquet-style table will be the best option. Guest tables are generally round and will normally sit 8 or 10 but the top table is normally rectangular and can often. Calculate the number of tables needed. You could also choose to designate the head tables including you two your wedding party and parents with place cards and allow the other guests to seat themselves.
Decide on Your Table Layouts Getting clear on your overall floor plan and table layouts is the best place to start as youll need to figure out how many tables you actually need and how many guests can be allocated to each one. Same shape same size same decoration and in amongst all the other tables. Look at the confirmed guest list the number of tables that can fit in the space and the number of people that can sit at each one. Perhaps one long banquet-style table will be the best option. Use the pieces of paper to move people about decide where you would like to seat them and then when you are done take a photo. Its a really easy way to begin to visualise what your wedding breakfast is going to look like.
Try as far as possible to keep it the same as all the other tables just with the addition of the bride and groom.
Bride and groom in the middle parents either side best man chief bridesmaid. Cabaret Unless youre planning to hold some attention-grabbing entertainment such as a magician or comedian at your wedding reception cabaret layouts arent really ideal for weddings. Rectangular tables can generally accommodate more people and make conversations across the table easier while round tables give people more legroom and. What we would suggest is maybe forgoing the traditional idea of a top table. Similar to banquet table layouts but the number of chairs is reduced and place on one side of the table facing in the direction of the entertainment. You can drag and drop your guests names and the tables to make it as accurate as possible and you can rearrange things as many times as you like.