Create seating plan for wedding reception

What you need:

• Wedding reception guest list
• Big sheet of paper
• Post-Its (sticky notes)

Prepare for the seating plan

• First you should consider what options you have to arrange the tables - that often depends on the space. Do you want long tables, U-shaped tables or small groups of tables? It's best to ask where you get the wedding want to celebrate what works best for the space before creating the seating plan.
• On a large piece of paper, record how the tables will be, including things like the buffet, gift table, and dance floor.
• Write the names of all guests on post-its - this allows you to change the seating plan as often as you like and experiment with who best fits which table without much effort.
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• Think about whether you want to create the seating plan in the classic way in pairs (man-woman-man-woman), or if you prefer a more relaxed mix. Of course, that also depends on whether there are many couples or many individuals attending the celebration.

Create the plan: who sits where?

• The bride and groom sit in the center of the place of honor - the bride to the right of the groom. The parents of the bride and groom, the grandparents and (in the case of a large table) also the siblings and possibly groomsmen sit at this table.


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• The closer the kinship relationship the closer to the bride and groom, family members are usually placed on the seating plan.
• The family (siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, etc.) of the bride and groom often sit together. You can then place these on the seating plan on the "bride's side" or on that of the groom.
• Put guests together at the table who either already know each other or who have common interests. Fixed groups of friends, club colleagues, etc. should sit together if possible.
• Are there guests who don't get along well? When creating the seating plan, make sure that they sit as far away from each other as possible.
• If there are a lot of children, you can set up an extra children's table. Children often get bored faster with their parents and other adults than when they can play with other children. Very young children, on the other hand, should sit with their parents.

The seating plan at the wedding reception

• Something always comes up - so be prepared for changes to the seating plan due to cancellations until shortly before the wedding, for example. So stay flexible and create the final version of the seating plan as late as possible.
• For large weddings, you can hang up a large seating plan at the entrance so that the guests don't have to walk through all the tables to find their place.