Are The Tables Set?
If there is one thing that we never let the wedding organizer do for a wedding, it would be organizing the seating where he/she gets to decide who gets to sit at what table. The main reason for this is? Your wedding planner would have no idea that Aunt Bertha absolutely cannot stand the way your sister twirls her hair and she also is not privy to the information that Bella suffered a bitter break-up with Thomas two years ago. The information is crucial when deciding the seatings, if that is what you are going to have during your wedding reception. So, get a board and draw up the plan and then draw out where all the tables are going to be and on strips of paper, write down the names of the guests as they provide you with RSVP.
Some couples decide to go with the freestyle seating by assigning the initial seats to the guest and then let them know that they can pick and choose their tables and chairs on the night itself. The danger of doing that is to have one or two overcrowded tables and then many other deserted tables with lonely guests sitting there with a whole table of food left untouched. You can't let good food go to waste that way and besides, it will make some guests feel terribly left-out.
Those making speeches should be placed facing the crowd so that they don't have to stand and turn around awkwardly. This small movement itself might be nothing too extraordinary for those watching but for the person who has been nervously counting down to the moment might feel even more awkward having to do that. As a rule of thumb, unless they know each other very well, you should keep colleagues, friends and family members at either different sections or different tables. There will only be stone cold silence all around if you mix them all up.
Elderly guests should be placed as close to the exit or bathroom as possible and if they have hearing problems, get them a seat near the stage (if there is one) or nearest to where everything is happening. To add a little personal touch to your wedding table, instead of naming the tables as 1, 2 and 3, try giving them names like Alpha-Mars and then Beta-Thunder in alphabetical order. This, I suppose, is something that your wedding planner can help out with.
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