Plan Your Reunion Seating in 3 Steps
Add your attendees
Import from Excel or type names in. Tag by family branch, graduating class, military unit, or whatever grouping makes sense for your reunion.
Create reconnection tables
Seat cousins who played together as kids. Mix second cousins who are meeting for the first time. Put grandparents where they can see everyone.
Share and celebrate
Export PDFs for your venue or community center. Share a live link with the organizers. Fix last-minute changes from your phone as RSVPs roll in.
Reunion Seating Solutions
Generational balance
Mix grandparents, parents, and grandchildren at the same tables. Cousins who played together as kids reconnect while new generations meet them.
Branch-of-family organization
Tag guests by family branch (Johnson side, Smith side) or graduating class year. See the connections and make sure no branch feels isolated.
Icebreaker-friendly tables
Group attendees by shared interests, service years, or graduation decades. Tables where stories flow and new friendships form.
Pricing that scales with your guest list
Pay once per year in GBP when you need more than 30 guests. No auto-renewal or surprise fees.
Pricing shown for United Kingdom.
Reunion Seating Questions
How do I organize seating for a large American family reunion?
Tag guests by family branch during import (usually by grandparent name or by 'cousin cluster'). Build tables that mix generations but keep branches together so immediate cousins can actually reconnect. Give the eldest generation premium seats with good sightlines to any program or ceremony. Past 150 people, set up 3 or 4 anchor tables for cousins who've stayed in touch across state lines. They'll pull the rest of the room into their conversations.
How should I seat a high school class reunion?
Tag attendees by high school clique (jocks, band, student council, theater) as a starting point, not a final plan. The whole point of a reunion is mixing across cliques, not preserving them. Build round tables that deliberately blend groups, and put an organizer or two on each table so someone can bridge conversations. Reserve an in-memoriam table for classmates who've passed.
How do we plan seating for a US military unit reunion?
Tag attendees by unit, deployment, or platoon during import. Mix veterans from different deployment cohorts at the same tables so stories and bonds carry across generations. Reserve a Missing Man table with a place setting and no guest. For Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan unit reunions, brief the color guard on the seating plan so the ceremonial procession knows where to pause.
How do I organize seating for a large family reunion?
Tag guests by family branch (maternal, paternal, or by grandparent name) at import. Build tables that mix generations but keep branches together. Give the oldest family members clean sightlines and good seats. They've earned them.
Should I seat people by age or mix generations?
Mix them. Put a grandparent or older relative at each table so the stories get told, plus younger cousins and kids to keep the energy up. Segregating a 'kids table' and an 'adults table' is fine for weddings but bad for reunions. The whole point is that people meet.