PW Guide Article: Biggest Seating Chart Mistakes

great tips!

I dont see anything??? I need this too, Im about to start my seating chart.

http://www.projectwedding.com/wiki/show/biggest-seating-chart-mistakes  :)

Oops, I totally broke the "matchmaking" rule. I sat my 18-year-old neice and DH's 17-year-old nephew at the same table. They got along great, since there was no one else their age at the wedding. He went home with her phone number.

I'm not in favor of the -seat people with people they know, and don't know- all together.

I would rather not have the bride and groom choose who I am going to converse with during dinner.  I would rather eat with people I know and then mingle before and after dinner, meeting people that look/sound interesting to me at that time.  I know that may sound a bit unfriendly, but I seem to quite often be seated next to people that I have no interest in speaking to, and I have to have forced conversations with.  I'd rather have fun and sit with my siblings or cousins or friends.

I'm anti-seating charts.... but that's mostly because I'm lazy and I don't want to do it, and I'm doing a buffet. Sit wherever you want. I just don't care.

great idea!!

I'm assigning tables not seats.  We went to one wedding last year and the groom decided to split everyone up (except for me and my FI) so that we can talk to other people.  my FI's friends each got seated in a table where they didn't know anyone and was put there based on their job or interests.  how stupid was that!  they hated it!

Well I just got told on what not to do.  We were trying to play matchmaker, but I guess that's not allowed lol.  Oh well what do you do

Good points!