How to seat divorced parents at a wedding
The most common seating question I get asked, and the one people are most embarrassed to ask. Here is what actually works.
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The part everyone leaves until last
Seating is the job people put off, then do twice. These are the questions I get asked most, answered properly, with the numbers where numbers help.
If you want a number rather than an answer, the free tools do the arithmetic, and the glossary covers the vocabulary your venue will use without explaining.
Do you need a wedding seating chart? An honest answer
Under 50 guests you can probably skip it. Over 100 you will regret it. Here is what actually decides it, and the halfway option nobody tells you about.
Read the guideSweetheart table vs head table: which to choose
A sweetheart table is not just a romantic choice — it is the quietest way to solve a blended-family problem without anyone having to be told.
Read the guideTop table (head table) etiquette: who sits where
The traditional order, why it exists, and the four situations where following it will cause you more trouble than breaking it.
Read the guideHow many people fit at a round table? 60in, 72in and 6ft
Straight numbers for 5ft, 5ft6 and 6ft rounds, plus the spacing mistake that makes a room feel packed when the maths said it was fine.
Read the guideWhen should you do your wedding seating chart?
Everyone leaves it too late, then does it twice. Here is the timeline that avoids both.
Read the guideGuests dropped out a week before. What now?
Four cancellations, six days to go, and a table that now seats four. What actually needs fixing and what does not.
Read the guideHow to make a wedding seating chart, step by step
The whole process, in the order that actually works. Most of the pain comes from doing step four before step two.
Read the guideWedding seating chart etiquette: the rules that still matter
Half of traditional seating etiquette is genuine consideration and half is inherited habit. Telling them apart is most of the job.
Read the guideRound or rectangular tables? What each one does to the room
This choice is usually made on how it looks in photographs. It has bigger consequences than that.
Read the guideHow to build a corporate event seating plan that works
Corporate seating fails differently from wedding seating. The stakes are commercial, and the mistakes are more visible.
Read the guideSeven wedding seating chart mistakes, and how to avoid them
All of these are avoidable, and all of them are made by people who put real thought into their seating plan.
Read the guideWhere to seat children at a wedding
The kids' table is either the best decision you make or the one the parents quietly resent. It depends almost entirely on age and number.
Read the guideHow to seat guests who don't know anybody
Every wedding has three or four of them, and their evening is decided almost entirely by one seat.
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