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Work out
who sits where

Call it a table plan, a seat planner or a seating chart - drag tables onto grid paper, add your guests and seat them, right here on this page. Up to 30 guests, no signup needed.

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Like how this feels?

This page is the free scratchpad version - it starts fresh every visit. The full seat planner inside PlannedBy saves your plan, syncs with your real guest list and RSVPs, and holds every guest. It comes with PlannedBy Core: one payment, $54, for the whole wedding.

In the full planner

  • Your whole guest list, not thirty
  • RSVPs and dietary notes on every name
  • Vendors and suppliers sharing the same day
  • A plan that is still there tomorrow

Core covers one seating scenario. Plus adds unlimited scenarios and print PDFs.

Start with groups, not chairs

A seating chart feels impossible because most couples attack it one person at a time - a hundred guests means a hundred decisions. Change the unit: seat groups, not people. Tag every guest with the circle they actually belong to - her family, his family, uni friends, work - and most weddings resolve into six to ten groups. A table is basically a container for one group, which is why this planner puts groups next to names. Place tables to roughly match your room, seat the non-negotiables first (head table, parents, grandparents), then drop whole groups onto tables and let the stragglers fall into the gaps.

Seating chart, table plan, seat planner - one map

Americans say seating chart, the British say table plan, venues tend to say seating plan, and software says seat planner. They are all the same map: which tables exist, where each one stands in the room, and who sits where. It matters to more people than you - your caterer counts covers from it, your venue sets the room from it, and your MC reads table numbers off it on the night.

When the plan outgrows this page

The tool above is deliberately simple: it holds 30 guests and keeps nothing once you leave. A real wedding adds the parts a single page cannot carry - the full guest list, RSVPs that change under you, dietary notes, and a partner or planner who needs to see the same chart you do. That is the version inside PlannedBy: the seat planner connects to your actual guest list, so when an RSVP flips, the chart already knows. The full planner is part of PlannedBy Core - one payment for the whole wedding, no subscription. The other document every wedding needs is the run sheet your vendors work from, and the free wedding run sheet generator builds a first draft in about three minutes; the pricing page has the full picture.

FAQ

Questions couples ask

Is this wedding seating chart maker really free?

Yes. The planner on this page runs entirely in your browser - no signup, no email, no download. It is a scratchpad by design: nothing is stored, and the page starts fresh on every visit. It holds up to 30 guests; a plan you want to keep continues in PlannedBy, where the full seat planner is part of PlannedBy Core - one payment for the whole wedding, no subscription. A free plan with a smaller table editor exists too.

What is the difference between a seating chart and a table plan?

Nothing but geography. Seating chart is the American term, table plan the British one, and many venues and planners just say seat planner or seating plan. Whatever your venue calls it, it is the same map: which tables exist, where they sit in the room, and which guest sits in which chair.

How do I start a wedding seating chart?

Start with groups, not chairs. Sort your guest list into the social circles people actually belong to - families, uni friends, work - then place tables to match the room and seat one whole group at a time. Deciding where forty groups go is far easier than deciding where a hundred and forty individuals go, and it is the method this tool is built around.

Can I save my seating plan and come back to it?

Not on this page - the planner deliberately keeps nothing, so every visit starts fresh. It exists to let you feel the groups-first method working. When you have a plan worth keeping, it continues in PlannedBy, where your seating chart lives with your real guest list and RSVPs - the full seat planner is part of PlannedBy Core, one payment for the whole wedding, no subscription.

Seat the whole wedding, not just thirty.

PlannedBy’s full seat planner works from your real guest list - RSVPs, dietary notes and all - alongside the run sheet your vendors follow on the day. It comes with PlannedBy Core: one payment, $54, for the whole wedding.

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