Drag guests to tables. Track dietary needs. Print caterer-ready charts and beautiful table cards. The Hosting House is the easiest online wedding seating chart software — plan your entire reception in minutes, not weeks.
Free to start. No credit card needed. One-time payment to unlock more. Built by a bride, for hosts.
You know the feeling. Hand-drawn diagrams on napkins. Spreadsheets that don't add up. Aunt Margaret cannot sit next to Uncle Pete. Half your guests have allergies. There has to be a better way.
RSVPs in one place, meals in another, table assignments on a Post-it. Things go missing.
Divorced parents, feuding cousins, ex-partners. One wrong seat can ruin the night.
By guest. By table. By meal. Allergies flagged. And they need it three weeks ago.
Built specifically for the realities of hosting a big sit-down event.
Drop in a spreadsheet of names, meals, and allergies. We map everything automatically — no reformatting needed.
Tell us who knows whom. Our algorithm suggests groupings that keep conversations flowing and avoid awkward pairings.
Round, long, square tables. Move them anywhere, connect them, resize on the fly. Build your exact venue layout.
Beef, fish, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free — plus free-text allergy notes. Colour-coded and visible at a glance.
One click: printable floor plan, CSV by table, or meal-count summary. Exactly what your caterer asked for.
Design beautiful place cards with script fonts, custom colours, and meal indicators. Download a print-ready PDF instantly.
Planning more than one event? Each one gets its own space — rehearsal dinner, wedding, reception — all in one account.
Pick up where you left off on any device. Everything syncs in real time so nothing ever gets lost.
Map out who's friends, who's family, and who definitely shouldn't be seated together. Smart Seat does the rest.
No setup, no tutorials, no learning curve. From spreadsheet to seating plan in a single sitting.
Upload your RSVP spreadsheet. We detect names, meals, dietary needs, and group families automatically.
Lay out your venue. Drag guests into seats. Let Smart Seat suggest groupings based on who knows whom.
Download your floor plan PDF, caterer CSV, table card PDFs, and meal summary — all in one click.
No subscriptions. No monthly fees. Pay once for your wedding and it's yours forever.
Secure payment via Stripe. No subscription — pay once, use for your whole wedding. Currency shown in GBP.
Everything you need to know before getting started.
Yes — the Free plan supports up to 30 guests with no credit card required. If your guest list is larger, or you want Smart Seat AI and caterer exports, you can upgrade with a one-time payment.
You pay once, and the plan is yours for your entire wedding — no monthly subscription, no renewal. Pay for Standard or Premium and use it as long as you need it.
Absolutely. The Hosting House works equally well for gala dinners, corporate banquets, milestone birthdays, anniversary parties, and any sit-down event where seating matters.
Excel (.xlsx), CSV, or any spreadsheet you can export to those formats. We provide a free template — download it, fill in your guests, and re-upload.
Table cards (also called place cards or escort cards) are the printed cards at each seat or on the table that show a guest's name and table number. With Premium, you can design and download a print-ready PDF of all your cards in one go — with your chosen font, colours, and card size.
You tell the app which guests know each other — friends, family, colleagues — and we use those relationships to suggest seating that keeps groups together and avoids awkward pairings.
Each account holds all your events. Collaborator sharing is coming soon. In the meantime, you can export your seating chart and share it with anyone — no account needed to view it.
Edit anytime. Add a last-minute guest, swap seats, change a meal — everything updates instantly and all your exports will reflect the latest version.
Your event data is stored securely and is only visible to you. We don't share or sell guest information. You can delete an event and all its data at any time.