The Bachelorette star Rachel Lindsay is dishing on how her wedding plans are coming along and whom she will -- or will not -- invite to her big day with fiance Bryan Abasolo.
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"2019 will be a new year. You'll probably see me pull back from some things just because I need to dedicate -- well, I need to frickin plan a wedding... I just need to take time to plan the wedding," Rachel told Jackie Oshry during a recent appearance on The Morning Toast.
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When Jackie said she'd like to know when Rachel is getting married, the thirteenth-season The Bachelorette star replied, "I want to know too!"
"I need someone to do it for me, so, like, I'm at the point now where it's like, being 33 and Bryan being 38, we're either going to have to have like a 600-person plus wedding or it's going to have to be super small, family only. I'm moving towards family only," Rachel revealed.
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"I'm thinking overseas, probably Italy, super small. Just, like, 50 people or less -- just family."
Rachel then admitted with a laugh, "Most of my family, they don't even have passports, so it's like, they can't go! So that cuts down on the list even more."
Rachel, however, won't leave her family and friends out entirely.
"I'll do something later for the family at home, but I think it's going to be super small with super close family, like, not even -- sorry -- The Bachelor girls, not even them. It's like, they'll get it and we'll make it up at the bachelorette party," Rachel admitted.
"[I'd like it to be] just intimate with the people who are going to be so influential in your life. That's what I think I'm going to do at this point."
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Rachel continued, "But look, if I'm inviting Bachelor girls, [Alexis Waters] is at the top of the list, obviously," referencing how Alexis has said she'll serve as one of Rachel's bridesmaids.
Rachel told Entertainment Tonight back in July she's "all about a TV wedding," but at this point, it doesn't appear the option was even presented to Rachel and Bryan following their 2017 engagement.
After all, several The Bachelorette stars such as Kaitlyn Bristowe and JoJo Fletcher were in line before her.
Rachel then disclosed she'd love to have her bachelorette party in Cartagena, a beautiful fishing village on Colombia's Caribbean coast. She envisions her party being on an island.
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"I wanted a wedding originally in Colombia, so I'm like, 'Forget that stuff, I'll do the bachelorette party there!'" Rachel said on The Morning Toast.
Rachel can picture her party being pretty "wild" while Bryan just sits back and enjoys wine and cigars with his boys.
"I want somebody to film it! This is going to be so epic!" Rachel gushed of her future party.
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Rachel selected Bryan at the end of her journey to find love after her apparent frontrunner, Peter Kraus, determined he wasn't ready to get engaged.
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Rachel faced a lot of criticism once she went public with her relationship, but she and Bryan have apparently been able to overcome difficult times.
"Here's the good news. Bryan and I are legit... he's not going anywhere and we're not stalling [on the wedding] because we're having problems. The one amazing thing in my life is Bryan, for sure. Hands down," Rachel gushed.
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