Cocktail table seating chart
High-top tables for a standing reception. Guests mingle rather than sit, so these tables usually are not assigned at all.
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standing height, usually no assigned seats
Cocktail tables are built for standing and moving between conversations, so most events leave them open rather than assigning seats. If your whole event is cocktail-style, you may not need place cards at all, just a warm welcome sign at the door.
How Seatwright seats a cocktail (high-top) tables
Most weddings pair a standing cocktail hour with a seated dinner. Leave the high-tops open and use Seatwright for the seated portion, where finding a chair actually matters. Paste the dinner list and Seatwright prints the place cards, table numbers, and chart for that part of the night.
Seatwright prints the cards, the table numbers, and the chart from your list. It does not draw a floor plan, so you decide the room layout and Seatwright handles the paper.
If the whole event is standing, skip assigned seating. Save the cards for the seated dinner, where a chart earns its keep, and let the cocktail tables stay open.
What you can print
Escort cards
Escort cards tell each guest which table to find. Seatwright sorts your whole list A to Z and lays it out as tent cards, so the entrance table stays easy to scan.
Place cards
Place cards sit at the seat itself. Seatwright groups your guests by table and prints one card each, with the meal choice underneath the name if you added one.
Table numbers
A table needs a number a guest can read from the door. Seatwright prints one foldable tent sign per table, large and centered, straight from the tables on your list.
Seating chart
One poster by the door lets everyone find their seat at a glance. Seatwright lays out your whole list alphabetically with each guest's table beside the name.
Plan the seating
Assigned seats or open seating
Do you have to tell every guest where to sit? No. But the right choice depends on your meal, your headcount, and how well your guests know each other.
How many guests per table
Before you can seat anyone, you need to know how many chairs go around each table. Here are the standard sizes and what they hold.
Questions
Do you assign seats at cocktail tables?
Usually not. High-tops are for standing and mingling, so guests come and go. Assigned seating is for the seated meal, not the cocktail hour.
Do I need a seating chart for a cocktail reception?
If the whole event is standing, a welcome sign is often enough. If a seated dinner follows, that is where a chart and place cards help. Seatwright prints the set for the seated part.
Can Seatwright help with a mixed cocktail and dinner event?
Yes. Leave the cocktail tables open and paste your dinner list. Seatwright builds the escort cards, place cards, table numbers, and chart for the seated portion from that one list.
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Other table shapes
Paste your list, see it laid out
Whatever shape your tables are, your guest list becomes the whole day-of paper set in one pass.
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