Bachelorette 17 - Katie Thurston - Filming Schedule - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Got a few "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" filming notes coming for you in tomorrow's column. Starting to hear more details about shooting schedule, etc.

— RealitySteve (@RealitySteve) January 25, 2021

-First off, lets start out with the next “Bachelorette” season, which will begin filming in March per usual. I’ve been telling you for the last month on my IG live with Ashley I’ve heard about where they were filming, but I wanted to wait until I found out the resort first to reveal. Since I don’t know when I’m gonna find out about the resort, I figured I’d just tell you the location first. Next season of the “Bachelorette” is filming in Canada. It will be another quarantine shoot just like Clare/Tayshia’s & Matt’s season. Cast & crew, once they arrive in Canada, will quarantine and test for 2 weeks before production begins.

I know this will bring up a ton of questions, namely, “How can they film in Canada when Canada has closed their borders?” I don’t know. Clearly production has already worked something out because I’ve heard from 5 different people now that Canada is where they’re filming next season. I don’t know the city/region or the resort yet. But just know it’ll be there. And the thing about looking at resorts, which I’ve already tried to for the last month, is that a lot of resorts there are seasonal. Some aren’t re-opening until May. So it’s tough to tell based on availability (like I did with La Quinta along with a couple phone calls) are these resorts closed all of March/April because of “Bachelorette” filming or just because they’re seasonal? Hopefully I’ll find out soon, but that’s the plan for next season. Hope the guys pack heavy because from everything I’ve been told, March/April aren’t exactly the most warm months in Canada no matter what part of the country you film in.

(SPOILER) Early speculation already in my DMs is that the resort for “Bachelorette” filming in Canada next season might be at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in Alberta. https://t.co/7DIpE0imDa

— RealitySteve (@RealitySteve) January 26, 2021

I’d say this is some pretty good confirmation filming of the “Bachelorette” will be at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge https://t.co/Q4LwKZMwUo

— RealitySteve (@RealitySteve) January 26, 2021

MiniDiva wrote:Maybe the entire show cast is Canadian this time.  Otherwise, what is the point of going to another country to film during the pandemic which makes it more difficult?  

GuardianAngel wrote:Sadly, IMHO more border restrictions are coming as there was talk of it yesterday and the PM confirmed today more restrictions are coming.

The will have to quarantine for at least 10 days, none of this one week stuff. That's not acceptable in Canada.

Alberta's COVID numbers peaked in Dec after going all year with 100 and less daily cases with a population of 4million. Nov and Dec there was a surge, but now they are currently coming down. Maybe it was the low numbers compared to a lot of other states and provinces? IDK They have filmed out west in other seasons.  There are a lot of restrictions, that's why they've done so well. It will be interesting to see how they handle this.

All I can say is there better not be any exceptions JMO's.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/tracking-every-case-of-covid-19-in-canada-1.4852102