How many times have you changed your seating chart?

We are on draft #3 at the moment but we are quite content with it. We thought we had it at #2 but then my mom said that she didn't want to sit with my grandma (my parents are divorced and it's my dad's mom) so we switched it around a bit to accommodate that

I have had friends run into this so much! at some point you need to not tell people how you are doing the chart so that way no comments and day of its to late for their input. I would only show close family this way if they see any conflict they can mention it.

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I just told an old friend we grew up today. I mentioned that her 19 year old daughter won't be sitting with her, wow, she said don't think she'll come then. Like why should Trinity even sit beside her mom, she's bossy like has her daughter on a leash. Trinity is going to sit with people her own age. I really have a feeling that she may not come either, and that's going to be fine with me.

View quoted message Me too! Well, 26 days! Last night, my brother called to say that his family will be able to come after all (from a few provinces away). So... back on the list it goes!

Oh my gawd! I have done this like 80 friggin times! Seriously! This may very well be the most difficult aspect of wedding planning for me! I'm done it now, but I'm sure something will change in the next week or so!

It sounds like I'm the only one, but I did mine twice. I did a draft when invitations were sent out, and then finalized placement once we had our RSVP's in (we're only assigning tables, not the seats). I wanted to get a head start because I thought it was going to be nuts (my FH's parents are split, and both remarried, so obviously there are a few people that can't be near each other). I went with groups - my family, his family, my friends, his friends. It really came together quicker than I thought. Maybe just go into one night with a clear head, and just pound it out. Also, once you've done it, don't keep looking at it! You'll always want to tweak things.

I lucked out and got most of mine done in a night. I used the seating chart tool available from wedding wire. It does require you to enter the names of all your guests. But, once that’s done, you can drag your guests to a table. I also found it helpful to name my tables (my family, husbands family, mutual friends, my coworkers, his coworkers etc). You can choose the shape and size of each table and a general idea of where they’ll go in the room.

I have a rough draft that I've edited a few times but won't actually complete it till we get all the RSVPs back. I'll probably end up editing it a few more times too, I'm a perfectionist so I'll probably be changing it up till the wedding day lol

Haven't started yet - heck we don't even have a guest list yet! But I'm looking forward to having my DOC help me out with that!

SO many times! We are putting which table everyone will be at, but they can choose where they sit at that table...figuring out who is at which table is stressful enough lol

I heard seating can get stressful so I'm omitting it. Guests can sit wherever they like. I'll probably just reserve a few seats near the Couples Table for family and bridal party.

I haven't started the seating chart yet, but I imagine I will be changing it a lot and losing sleep over it lol

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I have done it so many times it’s ridiculous. I just finalized it this weekend. We are getting married in 30 days lol

Hi Donna!

It's definitely not just you! Seating charts can be super time-consuming!

Have you checked out the WeddingWire seating chart tool? I'm kinda obsessed with it, it's so cool!

You can set up the chart like your venue and visually mimic the layout, add the DJ, tables sizes etc, and input all your guests. If you used the WeddingWire guest list, you can sync directly!

You can change guests around as many time as you like, and when it's finalized, simply print it out. It may help save you some time on this task!

How many guests are you having at the wedding?

Luckily we haven't started yet, but I know this is going to take us forever to figure out. We have a rough idea tho so fingers are crossed it goes well!

Too many to keep track, HA!

We haven't even sent our invitations yet, so there's no way for me to finalize anything but I've done it out of curiosity. Holy crap, it's been SO tough.

Our venue has long rectangular tables, so our family and friends will definitely blend...and there's more room to potentially insult family members if they think they're sitting too far from my parents (for example!).