The Bachelorette stars Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia have been spotted filming hometown dates as they near the end of their journeys to find love on Season 19.
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The initial The Bachelorette cast for Season 19 comprised of 35 potential suitors was announced in late March, right around the time Gabby and Rachel began filming their season.
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And the women are already at the stage in the process where they're meeting the families of their frontrunners, according to Reality Steve spoiler blogger Steve Carbone.
Carbone took to Twitter on Saturday, April 23 and posted a video -- which had been taken by a fan nearby -- showing Rachel enjoying a romantic horse-drawn carriage ride with Aven Jones in Salem, MA.
"Rachel on a hometown date with Aven Jones, taking a horse carriage ride in Salem, MA to Crow Haven Corner," Carbone tweeted alongside the video.
Crow Haven Corner is Salem's oldest witch shop, according to its Facebook page, that offers psychic readings, incense, oils, brews and more.
Carbone also posted three additional videos of Rachel and Aven, a 29-year-old from San Diego, CA.
In one video, they were leaving the Salem store, and in another clip, the pair were cuddling near a dock outside of Finz restaurant.
In the third video, Rachel could be seen laughing with Aven and a producer outside of Finz.
On Sunday, April 24, Carbone posted another "hometown spoiler," sharing pictures of Gabby filming a hometown date in Bedminster, NJ, with Erich Schwer, a 29-year-old from Santa Monica, CA.
"They were at Natirar Park earlier and now at his family's house," Carbone tweeted.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOWCarbone later revealed on Sunday that Rachel would be embarking on another hometown date in Wildwood, NJ, on Monday, April 25 "on the boardwalk" with bachelor Tyler Norris, a 25-year-old from Rio Grande, NJ.
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The Bachelorette's new season will be hosted by Jesse Palmer and premiere Monday, July 11 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC.
The format of The Bachelorette's upcoming nineteenth season has yet to be described, and when Gabby and Rachel were announced as dual stars in March, they didn't even know how the process was going to work.
"Everyone keeps asking," Gabby said on Good Morning America.
"We just got thrown in. But I have faith and a lot of trust and I love Rachel to death and I know we're gonna have each other's backs the whole way, so there's really not a doubt in my mind that it's gonna end up well."
Given Gabby and Rachel had a heartbreaking journey competing against each other on Clayton Echard's season of The Bachelor in which they had been strung along and dumped simultaneously, fans have voiced their dismay over the idea the women may be pitted against each other again.
Even Kaitlyn recently told E! News of Rachel and Gabby's joint casting, "I just want somebody to have their own season and I just don't want it to be them pitted against each other."
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"I love Gabby and Rachel but there's no way this doesn't pit these two against each other," one fan tweeted at the time. "Every guy is gonna be asked the same question 'who do you like more!'"
Mike replied at the time, "Not true! You'll see..."
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And in early April, Mike posted a happy photo of Gabby and Rachel sitting in a restaurant booth together.
"See, no drama...Just two friends helping each other find true love! Exclusive international photo!!!" Mike tweeted.
The last time The Bachelorette featured two stars in one season, Kaitlyn Bristowe and Britt Nilsson were forced to face off against each other for the role.
The Bachelorette's Season 11 men were asked to vote for which woman they'd like to continue dating on Night 1, and Kaitlyn ended up winning the position over Britt, who was then immediately kicked off the show.
Viewers watched Clayton break up with and devastate Gabby and Rachel in a group dumping session after sleeping with the both of them and also professing his love to three women.
Clayton let Gabby and Rachel go in order to chase down the woman he was "the most in love with," Susie Evans, who had quit during Fantasy Suites due to Clayton's decision to be intimate -- both emotionally and physically -- with two other ladies.
Gabby and Rachel were sent packing when they were both totally in love with Clayton and had met his family.
Clayton made each girl feel like she was going to be the one at the end with him, but he is now dating Susie in the real world.
On the After the Final Rose special, Gabby said Clayton had known it would be a dealbreaker for her to find out that he loved Susie "the most."
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"As you said, you compartmentalized our relationships. Watching it back, everything is so muddled and you were clearly pitting us against each other. It really seemed like a competition, which I had expressed to you I didn't want to be a part of," Gabby explained.
"And it seemed like you had your mind set on Susie WAY before you wanted to tell us, and you kept going back to Rachel and I, 'Oh, I want to try this and I want you to meet my family -- but I can't stop thinking about Susie and I love Susie the most.'"
Rachel also admitted to feeling betrayed and "cast aside" by The Bachelor 26 star. Rachel put Clayton in his place by saying he never loved her and ultimately didn't deserve her love.
On The Bachelorette's official Instagram page, Season 19 is dubbed "dreamy, surprising, empowering, amazing, romantic and dramatic" in a promo.
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