A real sample seating chart
This fixture shows what a seatly customer sees on their order page for a 5-table, 40-guest wedding. The guests, groups, and constraint notes below are hand-authored fictional content; the arrangement honours every hard don’t-seat-together constraint in the notes.
Event and venue
The Chen–Alvarez Wedding — Sample Seating Chart
- Event type: wedding-reception
- 5 tables × 8 seats
- Sweetheart table: no · head table: no
- Arrangement style: family-cluster
- Hard-constraint violations: 0 · soft-constraint violations: 3
Table-by-table master chart
Each table card shows the assigned guests and the solver’s rationale — why these guests sit together.
Table 1 · 8 guests
- Ava Patel
- Jordan Kim
- Hannah Kim
- Priya Shah
- Aarav Shah
- Rachel Goldberg
- Ethan Goldberg
- Noah Patel
Centered on college-friends (8 of 8) · kept Jordan Kim + Hannah Kim together
Table 2 · 8 guests
- Brett Peterson
- Carlos Alvarez
- Katie Peterson
- Derek Nguyen
- Amanda Nguyen
- Tyler Adams
- Nora Whitfield
- Ben Whitfield
Centered on work-friends-bride (7 of 8)
Table 3 · 8 guests
- Peter Liu
- Sofia Alvarez
- Miguel Alvarez
- Lucia Alvarez
- Frank Whitaker
- Isabel Morales
- Grace Liu
- Evelyn Whitaker
Centered on alvarez-family (4 of 8) · aisle seat for Frank Whitaker
Table 4 · 8 guests
- Maya Chen
- Emily Chen
- Dana Holloway
- Daniel Alvarez
- Helen Chen
- Robert Chen
- Kevin Chen
- Javier Morales
Centered on chen-family (5 of 8) · kept Maya Chen + Emily Chen together
Table 5 · 8 guests
- Michelle Adams
- Chris Donovan
- Olivia Donovan
- Marcus Bell
- Leah Bell
- Andre Washington
- Tasha Washington
- Sam Holloway
Centered on work-friends-groom (7 of 8)
Alphabetical Find Your Seat
What guests see at the entry table — sorted alphabetically with their table number. (First 20 of 40 entries shown.)
- Aarav ShahTable 1
- Amanda NguyenTable 2
- Andre WashingtonTable 5
- Ava PatelTable 1
- Ben WhitfieldTable 2
- Brett PetersonTable 2
- Carlos AlvarezTable 2
- Chris DonovanTable 5
- Dana HollowayTable 4
- Daniel AlvarezTable 4
- Derek NguyenTable 2
- Emily ChenTable 4
- Ethan GoldbergTable 1
- Evelyn WhitakerTable 3
- Frank WhitakerTable 3
- Grace LiuTable 3
- Hannah KimTable 1
- Helen ChenTable 4
- Isabel MoralesTable 3
- Javier MoralesTable 4
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