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Lynnie
WeddingWire Admin October 2016 North Carolina

Seating Chart or Escort Cards?

Lynnie, on October 1, 2018 at 09:05 Posted in Wedding reception 0 23

How will you share the reception seating information with your guests? Will they search for their name and table number on a big seating chart, or will they scan a table for their escort card and take it with them to their table?

Seating Chart?

Seating Chart or Escort Cards? 1

Photo from Erica Irwin Weddings & Events in Ottawa, ON

Or Escort Cards?

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Photo from Ansio Events in Montreal


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23 Comments

Latest activity by Kaisha, on November 17, 2018 at 00:44
  • Kaisha
    Super March 2019 Nova Scotia
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    Seating chart

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  • Stefanie
    Frequent user October 2019 Ontario
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    Seating Chart - I will have the chart indicate the table that each guest has been assigned to, and when they get to said table each place setting will have a place card for them at their assigned spots.

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  • Andrea
    Devoted January 2021 Ontario
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    We won't be assigning seats, our wedding is just too small for that.

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  • S
    Frequent user January 2021 Alberta
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    Haven't thought about it. TBH I am not too concerned with deciding where people should sit and will probably just leave it open so people can decide who they want to sit with and where. We don't have anyone coming to our wedding that is super shy and/or doesn't know at least a handful of people, so we don't have any concerns about that.

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  • Shla
    Devoted October 2021 Ontario
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    Neither. No assigned seating for us!
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  • Sydney
    Expert August 2018 Ontario
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    I got it on Etsy from BerryBerrySweet! It’s a download, so you just type everyone’s names in then send it to get printed! Ours was 24 x 36 (but it gives you multiple different size options)
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  • Jennifer
    Super July 2019 Ontario
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    Where did you get your seating chart done? and what size was it? it looks like you had a similar amount of guests as we are inviting.

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  • Sydney
    Expert August 2018 Ontario
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    Seating chart!



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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    Seating chart. I like how it becomes part of the décor.

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  • Vinod
    Top August 2017 Ontario
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    Escort cards that matched the maple leaf clips.
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  • Brittany
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    Seating chart. Looking forward to this DIY project.

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  • Alexandra
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    Seating chart. I find escort cards to be not worth the paper
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  • Stephanie
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    Seating chart with seating cards already at the tables!

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  • Holly
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    Seating chart, less paper and less waste!
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  • Jennifer
    Super July 2019 Ontario
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    Definitely a seating chart. and organized by last name (not table number). I find it SOOO annoying as a guest attempting to find my name.

    and seating charts are just way less set up/work than escort cards.

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  • Stephanie
    Master July 2018 Alberta
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    Seating chart
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  • Valérie
    VIP September 2019 Quebec
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    Seating chart - I'll probably print something off of Etsy.

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  • Allison
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    Seating chart, our venue provides us with a complimentary one but we still have to create it (bummer!)

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  • Casey
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    Seating chart!


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  • Leah
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    Seating chart!
    Orrrrr agate/gemstone escort cards.
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  • K
    Expert June 2019 Ontario
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    Neither - small wedding so guests will hopefully be able to find their name at their seat 😉
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  • Gina
    Super April 2019 Alberta
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    Escort cards. I love the look of escort cards
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  • Tori
    Top October 2019 Manitoba
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    I will be having a seating chart. It will let them know which table they are at but then when they get to said table they will find their name on a plate kind of like this:

    Painted leaves with namesSeating Chart or Escort Cards? 4


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