How do I seat my tables?
You create the tables with the number of seats each one has, and assign the guests who have already confirmed. Only confirmed guests appear: seating someone who hasn't answered yet is work you'll probably redo.
Seating works off the confirmed list, not the full list. That's deliberate: moving one person between tables is easy; redoing the whole chart because ten RSVPs changed is not.
The order we'd suggest
- Close as many RSVPs as you can.
- Create the tables with the seats each one has.
- Assign the groups that go together no matter what first — immediate family, the head table.
- Leave the people who could sit in several places for last.
If an RSVP changes
Update the guest's status in the list and adjust the table. The count of seats taken recalculates on its own.