Love Is Blind went to Malibu for a mix of logistics, budget, and storytelling reasons tied to season 10’s unusually large group of engaged couples.

Why did Love Is Blind go to Malibu?

The core reason: budget and logistics

Season 10 followed seven engaged couples instead of the usual five or six, which strained the show’s production budget and travel capacity.

Historically, the show has only had the resources to send up to six couples to the Mexico trip with full camera crews, so producers had to handle one couple differently this time.

Creator Chris Coelen has said that they simply could not afford to send full crews for all seven couples to Cabo, so they opted to keep everyone’s story while adjusting how one couple’s getaway was filmed.

Why Malibu specifically?

Instead of Cabo, Vic St. John and Christine Hamilton were sent to Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, California, for a more private retreat.

Their Malibu trip was largely documented with handheld/selfie-style footage rather than the usual full production setup, again reflecting cost and crew limits.

Malibu offered a romantic setting that was closer and cheaper to cover, while still looking like a classic reality‑TV “getaway” backdrop.

Why that couple?

Producers chose Vic and Christine because:

  • They didn’t have other romantic entanglements in the pods (no major love triangles or overlapping drama).
  • They were already in a strong “bubble” together with few unresolved issues heading into the trip.
  • They were less tied into group dynamics and potential conflict with other couples, so separating them wouldn’t hurt the show’s drama in Cabo.

Coelen has said that part of the point of going to Mexico is to surface “outstanding issues,” and since Vic and Christine didn’t have big lingering questions, they were a natural fit for a solo trip.

How fans are reacting (forum chatter)

On fan forums, viewers have been speculating that:

  • The Malibu choice was clearly a budget move and a way of “cutting corners” while still keeping all seven couples in the season.
  • The self-recorded feel of the Malibu footage makes it obvious that production saved on crew costs.
  • Because Vic and Christine were less connected to the other couples, sending them solo meant less lost drama than if a more intertwined pair had been pulled from Cabo.

Some fans also note that it fits a broader trend: reality dating shows tweaking locations and formats to balance costs with keeping the show “big” and buzzy.

Bottom line

Love Is Blind went to Malibu not for some hidden twist, but because season 10 pushed the limits of how many couples the show could follow at once, forcing a cheaper, more flexible alternative to Cabo for one pair.

Vic and Christine got the Malibu trip because their story was self-contained, their relationship was relatively drama-free at that stage, and they were the easiest couple to separate from the group without breaking the season’s overall narrative.

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