SeatChartBaseCreate a seating chart
Creating a seating chart should feel like finishing a checklist, not starting a software project. Add everyone who gets a chair, make tables that match your room, place names, then export before the venue deadline. This page is the create-intent entry. Same SeatChartBase engine as the generator and maker pages — less jargon, more get-it-done.
Your place board
Reception seating plan
Tables
Select a table, then click a name in the pool
Seating tools help you arrange guests — not a venue floor-plan CAD service or a wedding planner contract.
When to use — and when not to
When to use
You typed create a seating chart into search; you want a working file tonight; invitations are mostly out.
When not to
You only need blank printable circles with no names → seating chart template. Classroom roster seating → wrong site. Still cutting forty names → finish the guest list first.
Assumptions
Reception table seating by default. Table size editable. Export is your backup if you close the tab.
Worked examples
Input: 72 guests, 9 tables × 8.
Output: full chart CSV; 0 unassigned.
Leave one spare seat if two +1s are still maybe.
Input: 28-person micro wedding, 4 tables of 7.
Output: compact board; sweetheart table labeled separately.
Small rooms still need politics handled — size does not remove feuds.
How it works
- Paste or type guest names.
- Create tables (count × seats).
- Assign people; watch the unassigned pool.
- Export CSV or print / A–Z find-your-seat.
Common traps
- Create ≠ decorate. A pretty Canva poster is not an assignment file.
- Headcount from the kitchen may differ from chairs on the chart — ask which number they want.
- Refreshing without export can lose a session — download before you close the laptop.
- Do not seat vendors in guest chairs unless the venue said so.
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Related on this site: Seating chart generator · Seating chart maker · Wedding seating chart.
FAQ
Use this page: add guests, make tables, assign, export. No account wall for that path.