U-shape table seating chart
Banquet tables arranged in a U, with guests on the outside so everyone faces the center. Common for rehearsal dinners, showers, and seminars.
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seated along the outside of the U, count depends on how many tables form it
A U keeps the whole group facing in for a toast, a program, or a clear line of sight to the guests of honor. You seat along the outer edge only, so the inside stays open for servers and for people to see one another.
How Seatwright seats a u-shape tables
Treat the U as one labeled table, or split it into a few labels like U-Left, U-Base, and U-Right so the place cards group the way people actually sit. Paste the list and Seatwright prints the place cards, a chart, and a sign for each label. You arrange the tables; Seatwright prints the paper.
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.
Seat the guests of honor at the base of the U where the whole room can see them, then work outward along each arm so the closest seats go to the people nearest to them.
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
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.
Wedding seating chart etiquette
There is no seating police, but a few common conventions make the room flow. Treat these as starting points, not rules you have to follow.
Questions
How do you seat a U-shape table?
Seat guests along the outside of the U so everyone faces the center, and leave the inside open. Put the guests of honor at the base, then work outward along each arm.
How many guests fit at a U-shape?
It depends on how many banquet tables form the U and whether you seat the ends. Count the seats down the outer edge of each table. Confirm the table sizes with your venue.
Can Seatwright print place cards for a U-shape?
Yes. Label the U as one table or split it into a few labels, paste your list, and Seatwright lays out a place card for every seat plus a chart for the entrance.
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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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