Connect the major moments
Plan ceremony focus, cocktails, dinner, toasts, dancing, cake, gifts, photos, and late-night service as parts of one guest journey.
Wedding layout workflow
Wedding floor plans built around the real room
Coordinate the ceremony, dinner, dancing, food and beverage, entertainment, and guest arrival in one editable plan—then keep the venue, planner, couple, and setup team aligned on the current version.
Ceremony and reception zonesTable-level guest assignmentsVenue review record
Current event layoutWORKING
Editable first passHuman review required
1Ceremony and reception zones2Table-level guest assignments3Venue review record
The job to be done
Make the celebration legible before setup day
A wedding layout has to support multiple moments and many handoffs. Each zone should have a purpose, an owner, and enough context for the venue to review it.
Balance focal points and service
Place the couple, speakers, stage or DJ, dance floor, bars, buffet lines, and service paths without treating tables as the only requirement.
Give every team the same revision
Preserve planning milestones, collect changes, record the chosen version, and print a setup packet for venue and vendor coordination.
How it works
Plan the room in the order guests experience it
The strongest layout starts with the room and event sequence, then moves into furniture and names—not the other way around.
Choose the room state
Confirm whether the plan covers ceremony, reception, or both, and whether staff must flip the same room between those states.
Set attendance and seating
Enter the expected count, choose rounds, banquet, cocktail, or mixed seating, and match table types to the inventory being used.
Place celebration and service zones
Add the dance floor, stage or DJ, bars, buffets, cake, gifts, photo booth, lounge, coat check, accessible locations, and required routes.
Review the complete handoff
Check vendor footprints and venue requirements, resolve comments, bind the decision to a version, and distribute the plan and setup notes.
What the workflow supports
Physical layout first, guest details where they help
Wedding floor planning and guest seating are related but different jobs. Margo keeps the room plan central while supporting table assignments inside the workspace.
Room and zone planning
Use scaled furniture and event objects to represent the ceremony or reception as it will occupy the venue, not as an abstract seating list.
Guest CSV and table labels
Import names and dietary notes, assign guests to table labels, and keep those private details out of the public shared-plan response.
Change-aware approval
Request approval for a specific frozen version. If the canvas or guest count changes later, the plan returns to a working state for another review.
Planning checklist
Wedding layout questions worth answering early
Use this list with the venue, planner, couple, caterer, and production partners. Unknown answers should stay visible until the responsible person confirms them.
- Ceremony, cocktail, dinner, dancing, and room-flip timing
- Expected attendance, table mix, wedding-party placement, and accessibility needs
- Dance-floor rental dimensions, trim or ramps, stage, DJ, band, and AV footprints
- Bar count, buffet or plated service, cake, gifts, coffee, and late-night service
- Entrances, exits, restrooms, service doors, kitchen route, and guest circulation
- Vendor load-in, storage, power, décor, photo locations, and unresolved venue rules
Questions to settle before the room is set
Is this the same as wedding seating-chart software?
Not exactly. Margo focuses on the scaled physical room and can attach guest records to table labels. It does not claim to replace invitations, RSVP management, or seat-by-seat social grouping tools.
Can I plan a ceremony-to-reception flip?
Yes, you can create and preserve distinct layout milestones or separate plans. Document the flip sequence and timing in notes because the editor does not automatically schedule labor or equipment moves.
Does Margo calculate the required dance-floor size?
The guided draft can place a dance floor, but it is not a rental-system calculator. Confirm panel sizes, installed footprint, trim, ramps, participation assumptions, and surrounding routes with the supplier and venue.
What wedding information appears on a shared plan?
The view-only plan shows event and room details, layout objects, version, and approval status. The API intentionally does not return the private guest list or dietary notes.
Continue planning
Adjacent guides for the next decision
Build the wedding around a real venue plan
Start with the room, expected attendance, and the moments that must fit. Margo will create an editable first pass for your team to verify and refine.