Has anyone used the same venue as someone you know?

It’s not awkward at all, especially if your options are limited! Your weddings will be different because you’re not planning to copy her, right? You could always reach out to her and ask if it would be weird for her but chances are she’ll be excited for you and encouraging!

I live in Ohio and there's a barn wedding venue that a lot of people go too! I don't think it's awkward at all. Every wedding is different and yours will be unique to you and your fiancè😊

Not awkward. Sometimes there's only so many venues. Where I'm from it's not uncommon to use the same venue

Yes! Were having our reception at the same place my cousin had hers last year. My FH mom also had her wedding there 10 years ago. I like it because I already have a feel of what the wedding will be like there, and how the food is.

I didn't realize until after we booked, but a girl I went to high school with used the same venue for her wedding a few months prior. We were only ever circumstantial friends (don't know her well at all), but I did message her about it after seeing her photos and we talked about it. She told me it was great and that I'll love it!

Not weird at all. One of my good friends is getting married at the same place as us. We chose it first and she asked my permission to also use it- which she totally didn't need to ask! It's so much fun planning at the same place. Easy to brainstorm ideas together.

No, not weird! My sister got married in the same church I'm getting married in. She also had her reception "restaurant style." Neither of us think it's weird at all and she hasn't said it's been awkward.

No BUT I almost did lol. We took a tour at this venue we were considering because it was within our budget; well a few days before the tour, i had a conversation with my mom about it & she reminded me that my aunt got married there! I didn’t remember because I was younger, but honestly it turned me off. Especially because now they are going through a nasty separation sooo I feel like it’s bad luck lol & besides, I want people to be like “wow I’ve never been to such a beautiful place before” not “oh this place again”. My bridezilla moment came out lol!

It's not like your exactly copying your sisters wedding - it's not in the same family and it's not going to be exactly the same anyways, so it's fine! You can bring it up asking if your friend had any issues at all during the planning/prep with that venue and then that gives her an opening to mention if she thinks it would be awkward.

I don't think it would be weird unless you had one of those oddball situations that just is.

I actually recommended my venue to a former co-worker & she ended up choosing to have her wedding there too, which made me excited for her since I know how much I love it & how wonderful it will make her wedding.

Now on the other hand, FH has a friend who is recently engaged, who's FW I refused to talk wedding stuff with, simply because she is sooo obsessed with weddings and being a bride that it kind of weirds me out, and I wouldn't put it past her to try to copy a wedding to the T if that wedding sounded wonderful. This way, if she did happen to choose that venue, it wouldn't feel awkward since I'd know she found it on her own, and wouldn't have had heard what we were doing to go off of. Though again, she's one of those rare, oddball situations, and thus why that would have been weird. You don't sound like this girl at all, so I'm sure it would be totally fine