Perfect Table Plan - create a table seating plan for your wedding or event

Reviews of PerfectTablePlan

“When writing about software, I soon get bored with yet another disk-management utility, or something that gets your wireless networking going, despite such tools being utterly worthy and useful. And don't get me started again on disk defragmenters! So it's a real joy to come across a gem of a product - something that sets out to solve a very specific problem and achieves it with real panache. Well, PerfectTablePlan does just that.

You've guessed it, it's a package to work out how to seat people for a dinner party. Such a party might be a dozen people in your dining room, or else it might be a conference dinner layout for something like the PC Pro Awards, running to hundreds of people spread across dozens of tables in a huge hotel ballroom. You can graphically lay out the tables onscreen, whether they be round ones, square ones or blocks of rectangular ones. While doing this, you can enter details of all the attendees, together with all the necessary information about who they must sit next to, who they might like to sit with, and most importantly, who they don't want to be anywhere near. It also allows you to add vital details such as whether they're vegetarian, vegan, allergic to nuts and so forth - and most important of all, whether they've actually confirmed they're coming!

With all this information added, you can then shuffle all the pieces around and come up with an automatic seating plan that best fits everyone's needs. And once that's all done, you can print it out for everyone to see as they arrive.

PerfectTablePlan is an excellent example of a piece of software that does all you need while being easy to use too.” PC Pro Magazine (PerfectTablePlan v1)

“Go and see www.perfecttableplan.com - no more sticky notes or slips of paper when trying to organise your seating plan. ... Store all your guest information like who they should and shouldn't sit with, special food requirements, budget etc then drag and drop your guest around the seating plan. Then print it all out for table name settings, table numbers for outside the venue and so on. This is the internet at its best - a really useful application that can be used anywhere, pay online and well targeted at people planning seating a large group for any kind of event, particularly weddings.” Erin Rush's Web Picks, Good Morning program, TVNZ (PerfectTablePlan v1)

5/5 rating. Tucows.com (PerfectTablePlan v1)

4/5 rating.

“A great download for the harried party planner, Perfect TablePlan can help organize anything from a wedding party to a corporate dinner. You build the list of participants, dividing them into categories by personal likings, food preferences, or shared interests. If two people absolutely shouldn't sit together, it can take account of that, too. You then create the seating layout, choosing round, square, or rectangular tables as needed. The program is powerful enough for professionals and easy enough for those plunging into event preparation for the first time. The colorful three-pane interface is a bit busy, but a thoughtful quick-start guide and 30-minute tutorial are most welcome. The help file even provides rules of thumb for formal seating. The free trial has you covered up to 30 guests, without time limit. Would-be Martha Stewarts will take to Perfect TablePlan like balsamic vinegar to a rocket salad.” Editors Review, Download.com (PerfectTablePlan v1)

“Really, I heard horror stories about seating plans, but mine was organized in about half an hour. No kidding around.” Arieanna on www.blogaholics.ca (PerfectTablePlan v2)

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