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Create digital A2 Wedding Table Plans

Create digital A2 Wedding Seating Plans for printing We are pleased to announce a new section of our site that allows you to create wedding seating charts in A2 size. This lets you create an eye catching centre piece to your wedding breakfast. Seating plans are a great way to be creative and are also functional, in that it helps your guests know where they are sitting. Our new interface is flexible enough to handle between 4 and 10 tables (with about 15 guest per table, depending on what font you choose).

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9 people you must thank in your wedding speech

9 people you must thank in your wedding speech Wedding speeches can be daunting for the best of us but they provide an opportunity for you to thank those people who helped make your special day possible. Not every speech needs to be laced with jokes - a heartfelt thank you to those guests who helped you get to where you are today always goes down well. Your Mum and Dad (Or the people who raised you).

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Venue Review | East Quay (Whitstable)

East Quay Venue Review Located within a 45 minute drive from London, the East Quay venue is a perfect wedding location for couples wishing to enjoy stunning sunsets on their wedding day. The following summary is based on a first hand experience for a wedding that took place in July 2016. Location Trains from St Pancras or London Victoria can get you into Whitstable in about 90 minutes. From the station the East Quay venue (also known as The Lobster Shack) is accessible by foot in about 10 minutes.

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Planning a company away day

Table plan ideas for your company off-site Table plans are not just for weddings. Any large gathering of people needs to be well organised. Companies are increasingly using off-site events to help get employees out of the office and generating fresh ideas. Imagine a large corporation, like Facebook or Google, even a small department is likely to have in excess of 50 staff members. Company off-sites often happen in hotels due to their array of large rooms that are ideal for catering for large numbers.

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Create a Game of Thrones Table Plan

Create a Game of Thrones Table Plan Your wedding day takes a lot of planning. Even the most diligent planner can get caught off guard though by guests who are late to respond or suddenly pull out at the last moment. When this happens you might find that your expensive table plans are now incorrect and there’s no time to order a new set from the local print shop. Even if there’s time to reorder, it’ll no doubt cost money to get the table plans reprinted and you’ll still have that fear that someone else will phone the night before to tell you that their wife has the flu and so they can’t make it.

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How to save money planning your wedding day

How to save money on your wedding day The average wedding can cost in excess of £20,000 these days so it’s no surprise that more and more people are looking for ways to cut costs. Below are our top tips for cutting the cost of your wedding. Don’t pay for dancing lessons Your husband-to-be probably can’t dance and 3 hours of lessons at £20 an hour isn’t going to stop him looking like a prat when he goes off script to show off his David Brent dance in front of his friends and confused family members.

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What age are women choosing to get married?

Fewer women are married by 30 in the UK compared to previous generations The Office of Naional Statistics releases datasets related to marriage showing us the age that women are married at. The charts below show that fewer women per 1000 are married at the of 30 compared to previous generations

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What will Prince Harry & Meghan's table plan look like?

Harry & Meghan’s wedding seating plan With Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle fast approaching we thought we’d imagine what their table plans might look like. Each of the designs below has been made using the free wedding table plans that are available on this site. So who would be on the head table? Top tables normally limit guests to 8 or less people, all sat facing the same direction but it’s becoming more popular to have round tables at a wedding breakfast.

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