First question - do you want a planned seating order or not? If not, leave the cards on a skirted table near the entrance to the reception room with a beautifully worded instruction card (bigger than the cards) that says, "To our guests: Thank you for sharing this event with us. We're so glad you're here. Please select your card (have them in alphabetical order) and place it at the table you'd like to sit at. Enjoy your evening."
Second question: If's a sit-down dinner, were the guests given options for entrees? If so, as the banquet manager if he/she has a preference, since the waitpeople must match the person with the fish or chicken they ordered. Perhaps they'll ask the cards be in different colors (pink for beef, yellow for fish, etc.)
Now,if you want the people to have pre-assigned seats YOU HAVE 2 OPTIONS. Have the cards on one table with a small talble# on each card. The banquet manager should (ask in advance) have tall silver table markers with numbers on them. Then have the table number cards placed on the tables long before the guests arrive. Once people are seated, the wait people discreetly remove the number signs so as to not take away from your table decor.
The second option is for the situation where you have a broken-hearted cousin who was not chosen to be a bridesmaid. You ask her if she would serve as the banquet "hostess." If she agrees, and with that title, she will, you give her a TYPEWRITTEN LARGE FONT list of each guest in alphabetical order with the table you want the guests to sit at. When they enter the room, she greets them, asks their name and tells them which table they are to be seated at. (Use the table # stands described above). You'll have a temporary line-up at the doorway (or use 2 broken hearted cousins!) but you'll avoid having a number on each place card - which if not done discreetly, can look tacky; you've made the girls with broken hearts feel extra special, AND being greeted is very special for the guests - especially for those who know few other guests. (By the way , they wear a small coursage and a discreet name tag with their first names and the words "banquet hostess."). The lady or ladies can also ask the couple if they've signed the guest book yet, which is right next to the ladies.
As a wedding planner, for my last wedding I served as the "hostess." NEVER before have I seen such a rude group of guests. NO ONE would slow down enough to even speak to me although I tried to greet them. The just all selected which ever seat they wanted - after the bride and the mothers spent HOURS setting up the seating assignments!!
Well, the bride was furious (as well as the mothers). They felt that I had totally lost control of the crowd and fumed for about 20 minutes until I pointed out that each table had filled in nicely and the groups were having the time of their lives. People they thougth weren't speaking were sitting at the same table having a ball!! (As far as losing control of the guests, by the end of the reception, one whole table had undressed - I kid you not... That was an uncomfortable thing for me to deal with, but I did, but not before every table had taken photos of the event...)
So, when all else fails, somehow each person intrinsicly knows they are to have a chair and they'll find one. They might just make some new friends, too!
ONE BIG NO-NO. I attended as a guest a wedding where the bride put all the unmarried ladies at one table. IT WAS EMBARASSING AND THE CONVERSATION WAS DREADFUL. I would have rather been seated next
to a drunken uncle. We all felt the same way and left early. (They even referred to the table as the Old Maid's Table.)
PS If you don't know the name of a guest's escort, just put on card #1 Mary Jones and on card #2 Mary Jones' escort
2006-11-07 05:58:58
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answered by Barbara C 2
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First you must decide who you want to sit where. Then you put the place cards on the tables in the place where you want your guests to sit. It's that simple. What's not simple is decided who should sit with whom, so good luck. I personally would never go this route but then again none of my family would be dignified enough to figure it out. I actually did have assigned seating for the head table at my wedding, guests sat the the head table and didnt know it. What was I supposed to do, tell them to move?
2006-10-31 02:51:42
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answered by rdnkchic2003 4
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At wedding receptions and other formal dinners, escort cards are used to let people know what table they are seated at, and are usually on a small table just outside/inside the dining room itself. Once you find your assigned table, the place card at each place setting lets guest know which seat at the table is theirs.
2006-10-31 05:34:51
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answered by TraciS 1
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Each person gets their own card. Line them up in alphabetical order. This way, each person has a card to put in front of his or her chair so that someone else doesn't take it when they're up getting drinks or dancing.
Hopefully, you know the names of everyone who will be at your wedding. Considering the amount you'll be paying for their food and drinks, it's acceptible for you to call and get a name.
2006-10-31 06:17:43
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answered by Pink Denial 6
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2006-10-30 22:35:58
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answered by Anonymous
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place cards are for the seating arrangements for your guests. Usually you place them on a table before your guests enter the reception hall and it has their name and and the table name or number you would like for them to sit at.
2006-10-31 00:19:27
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answered by Anonymous
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2016-04-04 06:58:07
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answered by Anonymous
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answered by Anonymous
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