I've often wondered how long it takes for my clients to figure out their seating arrangements when they have two, three, four hundred guests! Do they tackle this in one evening or set aside an entire weekend? Do they recruit parents or other family members to help out? Do they face this dreaded task sober? If not, what is their drink of choice?
Now that our invitations are out I know that one day soon we'll need to work on our seating arrangements. Our reception will be a somewhat intimate affair so I'm not too worried about slaving over this task for hours on end. However, I was curious to see if there was any type of software out there to give brides and grooms a helping hand...lo and behold, there is.
If you need a little departure from your handy dandy wedding spreadsheet, you can invest $34.95 in the PerfectTablePlan. You can import your existing guests lists into the program, and simply drag and drop your beloved family and friends right onto their seats. Family politics giving you headaches? No problem, just identify which guests should be seated together (or apart) and you can actually have the software figure out the seating for you.
Here's another neat idea. Write all your guests' names on scraps of paper, throw the whole bunch in the air, and then let the chips...er...guests fall where they may.