Wedding seating, made calm
Honest, practical guides to planning your seating and helping guests find their place, written by the team behind the Seatful app.
How to make a wedding seating chart
The full step-by-step method, from collecting RSVPs to printing the signs at the door, in an order that keeps changes small.
Read more GuideWedding seating chart etiquette
Who sits where: head table vs sweetheart table, parents and divorced parents, plus-ones, single guests, and kids.
Read more GuideWho sits at the head table?
The traditional head table, a sweetheart table, or a King and Queen table, and where the wedding party, parents, and divorced parents go.
Read more GuideHow many guests per table?
Seats for 60-inch and 72-inch rounds and banquet tables, round vs rectangular, and how to leave room your venue will approve.
Read more GuideWedding seating chart ideas
Display ideas guests actually use: boards, mirrors, escort card tables, and QR signs, with honest notes on cost and effort.
Read more Free templateFree seating chart template
A printable seating worksheet plus a guest-list spreadsheet you can fill in and import straight into Seatful.
Read more Free templateWedding guest list template
A free guest list spreadsheet with the right columns, plus how to set it up in Google Sheets or Excel without the usual mess.
Read more GuideWhen should guests RSVP by?
The deadline to set and why, a working-backwards timeline, and how to chase the replies that never come.
Read more GuideWedding RSVP wording and tracking
What to put on the card or form, what the M line means, and how to track replies without a second spreadsheet.
Read more How-toWedding table numbers
Numbers vs names, what size to print, and how to make table numbers that match your chart in a couple of taps.
Read more How-toFind your seat sign
Alphabetical signs and a QR seat finder guests can search by name, so the line at the entrance never forms.
Read more How-toWedding place cards
Escort cards vs place cards, wording and sizes, and how to print cards that stay in sync with your seating chart.
Read more How-toBanquet seating chart
Long rows vs rounds, head tables on a riser, buffet flow, and assigned tables vs open seating for banquets.
Read more How-toCorporate event seating chart
Mixing departments, seating clients and executives, dietary tracking, and keeping up with a changing attendee list.
Read more How-toGala seating chart
Sponsor tables of 10, ticket-tier seating, VIP placement, stage sightlines, and the late swaps every gala gets.
Read more How-toQuinceañera seating chart
The court table, the seat of honor, padrinos, and family tables, with table math for a big guest list.
Read moreSeating charts by guest count
Table counts, room size, and a worked layout for your exact headcount.
Using a tool you already have
Honest walkthroughs of the seating chart method in each tool, including where each one starts to fight you.
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