Wedding Reception Seating

Common wedding reception seating etiquette states that the head table should hold the bride and groom. This is usually a rectangular table where the bride and groom are in the center and flanked on either side by their bridal party. If you are having all round tables at your reception then make sure the bride and groom face the room with the bridal party around them. In some etiquette guides it states to have the maid of honor on the grooms left and the best man on the brides right with the rest of the party following. However, this is no longer a rule. You may have a sweetheart table put into your wedding reception seating chart that is just for the bride and groom. You can then sit your bridal party at a separate table or place them with their friends and family.

After the bride and groom are set on the wedding reception seating plan you can then put close family and friends nearest to them. You should have a map of all the tables from your vendor where you can designate assigned seating at all the tables. This seating chart will help you make sure that any persons who do not get along will be on the other side of the hall. Planning formal wedding reception seating lends to a great sense of calm. It is here that you can plan to separate people and avoid conflict.

If you want to shake things up at your wedding reception plan the seating in a different way. Break the traditional wedding reception seating mold and seat different sides of the family together. Your Aunt Ruth may know a lot about tennis, your fiancées Dad may be a tennis caster, so sit them together. Having unusual wedding reception seating may help to bring your family together; isn’t that what a wedding is all about? Leave little place cards on the table about topics you think all the people at the table could discuss, get the ball rolling. This type of wedding reception seating will create a lasting memory and unite a new family.

Once you have asset wedding reception seating chart you can them begin to design seating cards and table number ID cards. This is one of the first things your guests will expect to see when they walk into the reception hall. Have fun with it by either going the traditional route or shake things up, because, you are all family now.