15 Years specializing Table Plan Designs, which are 100% stress free.
LOTS OF TABLE PLAN INFORMATION BELOW
(1) Final Guest List - is 3pm - 9pm the (day before) wedding.
(2) Delivered - on the wedding day by myself, not third party.
(3) Text - is large, easy to read from a distance.
(4) Frame - is large A0, provided & collected.
(5) Stand - is provided & collected.
(6) Hand Cut - with a 6mm step using an extremely hard card for an elegant look..
(7) Theme - "your wedding, your theme" bespoke to you as a couple.
(8) Foliage - real where used.
(9) Fruit - real where used.
(10) Display - table plans are setup by myself and collected.
ABOUT - Table Plan Designs
I set Table Plan Designs up in 2011 as I have a design background. When I got married in 2009 there was no business providing a table plan like I wanted.. " A table plan which was made to a high quality especially up close so that our guests would be amazed at the pre-reception on our wedding day". we did not want a printed poster stuck up with blue-tack, plastic on a stand or on a mirror covered in finger prints but also where the guest list was as late as possible, the night before the wedding day.. So, like many who set up a business, I saw a the need for a high quality table plan with a professional and reliable service. I made my own table plan the night before my wedding with passion, high detail and have done the same for every wedding for the past 15 years all over Ireland..
MY TABLE PLAN STYLE
I use a very hard card similar to what is used in picture frames, This card is used as a back sheet and each table there after is applied with the same card to this back sheet, giving a 6mm step affect for a stylish look.
WEDDING DAY PHOTOS
There are so many themes for table plans and a lot of them can have photos for guests to see on the wedding day but if told in advance, these images can be removed and replaced with wedding day photos as the table plan is your keepsake to hang on a wall at home to look back on. This can be done to working clock, maps, engagement, family, pets movie theme table plans and many more.
QUOTATIONS
How Much - generally between €150 to €350 depending on theme, guest number, location.
For a quotation please use Weddings On Line request tab.
Feel free to contact me any time also on 0867844570
Paul O’Doherty
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IN GENERAL, A TABLE PLAN.
Most important function of a Table Plan is to prevent crowding at the last minute into the function room and also prevent guests asking staff where they are sitting.
This is prevented by a number of ways, which are listed below.
FINAL GUEST LIST - Unfortunately guests can cancel for many reasons, family, work, illness, babysitters etc. Businesses printing generally ask for the guest list 4 to 7 days before the wedding and even longer.. Hotels on the other hand generally ask for the final guest list 3 days before a wedding because they for ordering food which is totally understandable. Unfortunately during these 3 days there are guests who can not attend. and which point external table plans are not up to date, especially if there is a full change of tables.
SIZE OF THE TABLE PLAN - The size of a table plan is very important.
For example :
A couple may want a map of the world theme that is A1 size with 15 tables but something is not going to work. The tables on the table plan will either be small so as to see the map or the tables are going to be large for large text which will cover the map. The answer is a larger table plan A0 What you see on the internet may look great and big but when put into realistic locations its may show differently. Ask the size
DISPLAY LOCATIONS - There are two locations the table plan should be displayed, pre-reception and the dinner reception. Provided the table plan is in a good location at pre-reception and (easy to read), a high percentage of guests will read at it. The second location is it the entrance to the dinner reception / function room. when the bell is called. The remaining guests who have not looked at the table plan, will look at the table plan in this location. Guests will find their seat in a relaxed orderly fashion with a drink in hand and chatting on the away to a perfectly timing for kitchen, speeches & later the band.
CROWDING
Crowding at the function room only starts when the guests don't read the table plan at the pre-reception as its in a bad location, text to small or to low down. The guests will then arrive to the function room where the table plan should also be. but unfortunately they will be a delayed as they did not see it before hand. Guests will either be grated by staff at the entrance door who will have clipboards and directing them to their tables or the guests will just walk in to the function room not seeing the table plan again not able to read it and ask waiting staff which seat they are at all. These delays are easily preventable for a smooth enjoyable wedding.
STYLE - All couples want a stylish table plan but it needs to be practical, guests can not be expected to be bend over or kneeling down on the floor to find their name. Be very careful with doing a display around the table plan, there may be some guests not to steady on their feet and limiting their mobility may cause an accident. Same for candles, keep in mind guest dresses and hairspray.
TEXT - The text should be clear and easy to read from a distance. If the text is too small, guests will need to stand up close to it, some will find their names and others will give up looking and they will just ask table staff at dinner reception. A good distance to read text from is, 2.5m / 3m away from the table plan.
ALPHABETICAL TABLE PLAN
This style is very specific and dose not lend its self to a lot of themes due to the number of guests names per letter. The option of applying it to individual tables on the table plan can be done but I personally do not see any point to it as it tends to be couples looking at the table plan together and one of them spots the name quick and the partner name is either above or below. In 15 years I have only made one table plan in such a wa. All other weddings I am generally there in the venue as I collect and I see the the movement of guests into the fiction room and improved my business in such a way.
WEDDING PLANNING
REFLECTIVE TABLE PLAN - This can be very annoying as photos on social media as they can be fantastic to see but a person needs to remember, it has been set up for a photo shoot. Its not been on display 2 hours or more.
Test it at home or see it set up at a venue. Check if you can read it from a distance and also make sure it's not set up with a distracting background, as it will make it very hard to read also you will get guest finger prints and makeup checks which may delay guests getting access to see the table plan.
Keep in mind the 2 locations as this table plan should be set up in the pre-reception for 2 hours or longer, to get your moneys worth and for it to be moved to the dinner reception. If its to heavy for staff, it may only be set up in one area which is most likely the dinner reception which it only be seen for a very short time.
WEDDINGS PLANNING
Hope you have a fantastic wedding and if I can be of help feel free to contact me.
Thanks for reading.
Paul
Table Plan Designs
He collected it the day after our wedding and then was kind enough to deliver it personally to our home when we got back from honeymoon. Service just doesn't they better than that.
5 star. He was one of our favourite suppliers