Tableplan

People planning weddings and events, along with professional event planners, currently rely on paper layouts and Excel spreadsheets to arrange seating, which the site says takes 4-6 hours of manual work and often requires starting over with each change. Guests cancel, add plus-ones, or request changes at the last minute, forcing repeated rework. Hosts also struggle to track who cannot sit together, dietary restrictions, and other special requirements without a systematic way to manage this information. Sharing paper or spreadsheet-based plans with venues, designers, and planners is described as difficult and prone to confusion over outdated versions. Hiring a professional planner instead is presented as an alternative costing £1,500 to £3,000 or more.

Tableplan is a 100% web-based drag-and-drop table planning app that requires no installation and works across desktops, tablets, and smartphones. Users import guest lists via copy-paste from Excel or Google Sheets, then arrange guests and tables visually, with changes auto-saving and remaining valid even if venue or table arrangements change. The tool tracks dietary restrictions, accessibility needs, and 'must sit together' or 'can't sit with' requests through simple drag-and-drop management. Finished plans can be shared with planners, venue staff, and designers, or exported as guest lists organized by table, with shareable links letting guests view their own seating assignment. Pricing is a single one-off payment of $49 per event with a 5-day satisfaction guarantee.