Kaitlyn BristoweandJason Tartickhave their fingers crossed for a Nashville wedding.
The former Bachelorette, 36, recently spoke toEntertainment Tonightabout locking in her wedding plans aftergetting engagedto Tartick, 32, last year. Bristowe said she’s hoping to get the planning process moving quickly before she leaves for theDancing with the Stars2022 winter tour, which kicks off Jan. 7.
In the fall, Bristowe announced she was joining the tour aftertaking home the Mirrorball Trophyalongside pro partnerArtem Chigvintsevduring season 29 ofDWTSin November 2020.
“I was like, Jason, we got to lock down a wedding planner because once I’m gone, I’m not gonna be able to do much and I’m not too picky about things,” Bristowe toldETof the road to the altar. “I’ll let the wedding planner, as long as I trust them, do their thing, so hopefully that will make it easier.”
“We think we are going to do it in Nashville,” she added. “October of 2022.”
Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick.Kaitlyn Bristowe / instagram
With less than a year until the big day, Bristowe also said they’ve decided on on the guest count, despite previously disagreeing on the matter.
“I wanted small always, but Jason’s convinced me to go big,” she told the outlet. “But then, ‘Mr. Finance’ Jason was like, budgeting, and he’s like, ‘Maybe we go smaller?’ "
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“It was everything I could have asked for,” she toldEntertainment Tonightafter Tartick popped the question. “The words that came out of his mouth were insanely beautiful. We’ve never locked eyes like that in our lives. We were holding hands, so intense, and I was listening to his every word, but still blacked out.”
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Bristowe, who was the star of The Bachelorette’s 11th season in 2015, went public with her relationship with Tartick in January 2019, two months after sheannounced her splitfrom fiancéShawn Booth. Tartick, a fellow franchise alum, made it to the final three onBecca Kufrin’s season ofThe Bachelorettein 2018.
Last year, the entrepreneurtold PEOPLEthat he and his fiancée were still on cloud nine following the proposal. “The engagement high is still a high!” Tartick said in July. “It still seems surreal in the best way possible.”
Tartick also added then wedding plans were already in the works. “The process has started,” the groom-to-be explained. “We are full speed ahead which is so exciting. And we’re both so excited about the next steps of our lives.”
source: people.com
