The COVID-19 pandemic has changed Bachelor Nation in many ways.

Gone are theBachelor mansionand romantic dates to exotic locations.

It might not be the Bachelor mansion but it’s certainly not boring.

The Bachelor’s filming location

While it’s a big change, the location shakeups have actually helped the franchise push its creative boundaries.

HostChris Harrisonspoke about how filmingThe Bachelorettein a new location changed things in a good way.

“There are some things that maybe we take out of this,” he toldThe Hollywood Reporter.

Matt James speaking on The Bachelor

“That is, the intimacy and the pressure-cooker in that fishbowl environment.

That takes you out of the element a little bit.

Instead, being there at the La Quinta resort the whole time, there’s no off switch.

It was just about dating and falling in love, and there’s really something to that.”

No doubt we will see the same thing onMatt James’Bachelorseason.