Seating is where family politics meets geometry. The free Seating Plan builder makes both manageable — your confirmed guests are already there, and arranging them is as simple as dragging a name onto a table.
Start from real numbers
Because the seating plan shares an account with your Guest List, the people who've RSVP'd are ready to place. You're arranging actual confirmed guests, not guessing at a list that keeps changing.
[!TIP] Don't start seating until your RSVPs have mostly landed. Placing guests who later drop out just means doing it twice.
Set the sections you need
Lay out your tables and decide the shape of the room — mixed seating, segregated sections, a family top table, a friends' corner. The plan flexes to how your day is run.
[!IMPORTANT] Seat the sensitive groups first — elder relatives, families that should (or shouldn't) sit together — then fill in the easy guests around them. The hard decisions get easier when there's still space to move people.
Arrange, adjust, repeat
Drag and drop until it feels right. Nudge a few people, step back, try again — far less painful than rubbing names off a paper chart.
A calm way to seat a room
[ ] Finalise RSVPs in the guest list first [ ] Lay out your tables and sections [ ] Place elders and sensitive groups first [ ] Fill in remaining guests around them [ ] Leave a little spare capacity for late changes
[!WARNING] Always keep a couple of flexible seats free. Someone always arrives who wasn't on the final count — a little slack saves a scramble on the day.