Import your guest list from Excel, Zola, or The Knot

Must-have columns

At minimum: full name. Ideally: group, meal/allergies, notes, and optional VIP or child tags.

• Name (or First + Last)
• Group / side
• Meal and allergies
• Freeform notes (accessibility, baby, keep apart from X)

From Excel or Google Sheets

Export UTF-8 CSV. One row per guest if you assign seats individually. Remove duplicates and blank rows first.

From Zola or The Knot

Export the guest list, rename headers if needed, save as CSV. The editor intelligently detects many common columns.

Common pitfalls

Broken encoding, merged columns, one row for a whole couple, or meals buried in messy notes. Fix in the spreadsheet before import.

After import: seat guests

Filter by group, seat hard constraints first, then fill the rest. Comparing spreadsheet vs dedicated tool? Read our Excel comparison too.