Head Table vs. Couple Table?

It doesn't really matter how formal it is; it is truly up to you what to have.

Most of my brides & grooms are going to the couple's table for these reasons:

1. So they have a little more privacy and can actually sit across from each other instead of beside each other.

2. So the wedding party doesn't feel like they are on display.

3. So the wedding party doesn't have to be apart from their dates or spouses.

4. So when guests come to greet them during the reception they don't feel compelled to introduce them to the rest of the wedding party.

Have a head table with you two, and the wedding party. Have the dates sit in regular seating. It's just really nicer to have everyone up at the head table, and it's not like the dates won't understand or get lonely....

I just think it's so isolating to have the bride and groom off separate...

I've always liked a couple table better- just the bride and groom.

The thing about a formal table with the entire wedding party is that for the most part your wedding party won't be able to sit with their spouse or family. At both weddings that I've been in recently they did a formal head table and it was annoying to be separate from my husband and kids during dinner. At the second wedding, me, my hubby and my kids were in the wedding. I was seated at one end of the formal table, my husband at the other and my kids weren't allowed at the formal table. I didn't like it and couldn't wait for the dinner and toasts and all that to be over so we could sit together.

So coming from the wedding party view- just do a couple table. Your bridal party will appreciate being able to sit with their spouse/family and relax and have a great time. Plus it should be all about you two. Your guests can come up and greet you and not feel like they have to "be polite" to the whole wedding party.

Ultimately it's up to you though- your wedding party will go along w/ whatever you choose to make your day special.

I'd have the wedding party at the same table as the bride and groom. Their dates can be seated at a seperate table together since they know each other. After the dinner, most people are not sitting down anyway. The wedding party can get together with their dates for the rest of the evening. People usually change their seats once the dancing has started.

I personally don't care for having a table just for the bride and groom. That's just me, but I'd want to sit with the rest of the party so we can talk with them!

Is there enough room to have the dates sit at the head table with you? At my friend's wedding, my bf was bestman and I was able to sit at the head table with my bf and the other dates.

Having been a bridesmaid in 8 weddings I have to vote for the head table. The last wedding I was in cost me over $2,000 and when I got to the reception I was kind of disappointed that we had to sit in the back at a regular table with the rest of the guests. The bridal party should be special and get to sit at a head table. You only sit there for about 5 minutes to eat and then you get up. It gives the entire bridal party and the bride and groom a chance to eat in peace and not have people coming up to them to talk and trying to get a million pictures while they are eating. A couples table will mean people pestering you and you'll actually have less privacy because people have easier access to you during the meal.

We're just having it be the two of us at our Sweetheart's Table but the bridal party and groomsman and their dates will sit at tables together and this is a type of wedding where you can get up a mingle so we're not worrying about that. I say you just have the two of you at a Sweetheart's Table and have the groomsmen and the bridesmaids and their dates sit together. Let yourself be alone with your special-you-know-who. Good luck and congrats.

This is my opinion on the subject: you ask these friends of yours to spend big money to be in your wedding party, to be a part of this great day, then once the ceremony and pictures are done you shove them away from you like yesterday's newspaper when you have a 'Sweetheart table'. Yes it's 'your day', but you are also the one who asked these people to share it with you. Let them have a few minutes of sharing your 'specialness' by having them sit with you at the head table. Why would you have asked them if they weren't special enough to eat with?

Again - just my opinion.

Don't seperate the bridal party from their dates.

You can do a sweetheart table for just the two of you, and seat the bridal party and their dates at other tables around the room.

You can see if you can get a giant table, and sit with the bridal party and their dates.

You can sit with the Best Man and Maid Of Honor and their dates, and everyone else can sit around the room.

Do a couple's table or a sweetheart table. The wedding is about you two, not about your bridal party. They are just there to witness your ceremony and help you celebrate. Let them sit w/ their dates at a seperate table and relax.