Build your seating plan with drag-and-drop that works on any laptop or tablet, whether you're arranging a Muskoka cottage wedding in Ontario or a Banff mountain-lodge reception in Alberta.
Move guests between tables, rearrange whole sections, and see your plan update as you go. A 100-guest Niagara vineyard wedding or a 200-guest bilingual reception at a Montreal manoir: the mechanics are the same. Click a name, drop it on a table, done.
Stop worrying about making the wrong call. Nothing in our drag and drop seating planner is permanent. See two guests who shouldn't sit together? Drag one to a different table. Changed your mind? Drag them back. Want to try splitting up a group? Three seconds.
The visual layout shows you what your arrangement actually looks like. No mental gymnastics trying to remember who's at Table 7. No spreadsheet cells that all look the same. Just guests, tables, and room to rearrange until it feels right.
Venue just switched from round tables to rectangular? With most tools, that's starting over. With our drag and drop seating plan builder, you rearrange the whole floor plan (move tables, resize them, rotate them) and your guest assignments adjust automatically.
This is where drag-and-drop earns its keep. Instead of updating measurements in a spreadsheet or redrawing in PowerPoint, you drag tables to new positions. The software tracks who's assigned where. Your seating plan keeps up with you.
Nobody tells you this, but you don't need to be hunched over a computer to build a good seating plan. Our drag and drop seating planner runs on tablets with a touch-first interface. Pinch to zoom in on a table. Tap a guest for details. Drag with your finger like you'd move a paper place card.
Picture this: Sunday evening, you're on the couch with your iPad, half-watching TV, casually dragging Aunt Susan away from Uncle Mike (because we all know that's a bad idea). No laptop setup, no desk, no app to download. Your browser, your tablet, and a seating plan coming together while you relax.
This is how a lot of event planners actually work. Seating decisions need thinking time, not computer time. You'll make better calls when you're comfortable. And when your mother-in-law texts with a last-minute guest add, you can fix it from your phone before you even get home.
No complicated menus or setup. Drag what you want where you want it. Magic Table Planner takes the friction out of seating.