Guest Seating at your Reception
March 9, 2010 | Author: Leslie, Receptions
The guests’ seating arrangement at your reception is an important part of the whole celebration itself. You have to make sure that your guests will feel comfortable and enjoy themselves so knowing which people you can put together and those you need to keep apart is essential in making everyone happy.
First, you need to determine how many tables you will require for your reception. You can either have the management of the reception venue to provide you with a chart of the floor plan and the number of people to be seated at each table.
After that, some major brainstorming from you and your spouse. You should be able to know what your guests’ likes and dislikes are; who will most likely click being seated at the same table and who will not. Old friends or classmates that have not seen each other for a long time are good people to seat together at a table. There will surely be a lot of reminiscing and catching up happening between them. People with similar interests are also great to group together at a table. The same goes to people within the same age bracket. Young children are an exception; they need to be seated next to their parents or guardians. This way, no one will feel uncomfortable and out of place.
You will want any divorced couples seated far from each other especially if they are not on good terms. You might also want to seat friends or family members who are not on the best of terms with each other or run the risk of an argument in the middle of your reception.
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