Setting the table…
Setting the table…
Setting the table…
Programme notes — stories
Guides, tips, and the occasional seating-chart horror story — written by the people who build the tool.
Encore — Ready when you are
The chart's done. Go enjoy being engaged.
50,000+ guests seated · zero scenes caused
Programme notes — stories
Guides, tips, and the occasional seating-chart horror story — written by the people who build the tool.

Everything about seating 50 to 500 guests — table maths, head table options, the divorced-parents question, and a build process that takes one evening, not a month.
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One points to a table, one travels with the guest, one claims the exact chair. What each does, when you need which, and the combination that fits your service style.
read the storyForum wars have raged over this for years. The answer is alphabetical — and the reason is the queue forming behind your great-aunt while she scans table 14's guest list.
read the storyThe ÷8+1 formula, capacity for every table shape, and worked layouts for 50, 100, 150 and 200 guests — including the tables couples always forget to count.
The most googled-at-midnight seating question, answered: equal honour, separate tables, mirrored across the room — plus what to do about new partners and the conversations nobody wants to have.
A genuinely good free template — RSVP dropdowns, self-counting tables, caterer dashboard, no email gate — plus the honest map of the three places every spreadsheet seating chart breaks.
Vegan aunt, coeliac groomsman, nut-allergy flower girl. Collect it once, tag it on the chart, brief the caterer properly — and nobody has to ask "is there something I can eat?"
Invited with a plus-one, never answered, and the caterer wants numbers Friday. The exact scripts, deadlines, and fallback rules — friendship intact.
The kids' table debate, settled: 8+ get their own table, under-8s stay with parents, and exactly one adult is on duty. Here's why — and how to set it up.
We've seen thousands of charts. These nine mistakes cause almost all of the drama — and every one of them has a fix that takes less than a minute.