Making a Seating Plan for Your Wedding

Making a seating plan for your wedding can be a very time consuming and difficult process. All of the deciding on who sits where and who will get a long with who; it is always difficult and almost impossible to get your seating plan perfect.

There are many decisions that come with making a seating plan. Who will sit closest to the head table, should you sit singles with other singles even if they do not know each other, should you mix the Bride's family with the Groom's family?

I suggest the table that is located closest to the wedding party should contain the parents of the Bride and Groom as well as Grandparents if they can all fit at one table. If not then the Grandparents should be located at the second nearest table. It is always easier to match family members with other family members they are well acquainted with. If you have 3 aunts on the Grooms side that get a long well you should seat them together a long with their spouses or dates.

Some people like to try to mix the families of the Bride and Groom at a table so they can get to know one another. I suggest leaving it simple and arranging tables for family members from the same side. If the Grooms family wants to get to know any member of the Brides family I'm sure they can mingle on their own.

If you have friends coming to the wedding that are in a relationship of some kind, try seating the couples all together. You do not want to seat 3 couples with one single as it will make the single feel awkward and uncomfortable in most cases. It is always best to seat singles with other singles, even if they do not know one another, they will usually feel more comfortable than being thrown in with other couples.

If there are children coming to the wedding, try to seat them with other children close to their own age at their very own special table. At the kids table there could be extra little things for the kids to keep themselves occupied (colouring books) as dancing and drinking isn't always so fun for them. Kids tend to be easily entertained if they are with other children, so it leaves the parents free to have a fun time for them selves. My son didn't want to go to our wedding because he said it will be boring. But once he found out he gets to sit with a few of his friends and cousins he was excited and now he can't wait.

Hopefully these little bits of advice can help when it comes to arranging your seating plan for your wedding. Nobody wants any of their guests to feel uncomfortable in any way so we tend to worry too much about who is sitting where. Try to relax a little bit and make it simple, seat people together in groups that make sense, and think of whom you would want to sit with if you were in their shoes. I'm sure that will make it a little bit easier, and don't forget; everyone likes to be in familiar surroundings, don't seat people together if they have never met...unless they are the singles!