45 Wild Rules You Didn’t Know ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Contestants Have to Follow

Bachelor in Paradise is iconic—by which I mean ABC trapping a bunch of rejected contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette in a resort together and basically just...seeing what happens. While the vibe on the beaches of Paradise is definitely more chill than Bachelor Mansion, there are still a ton of rules the cast has to follow—especially when it comes to drinking, privacy (what’s that? This show has never heard of it), and sex in the “boom-boom room.” And truly don’t even get me started on the contract everyone has to sign before they step foot on the sandy beaches in Mexico.

We’ve rounded up a buncha rules these poor souls are contractually obligated to deal with (although that doesn’t stop them from speaking out once their NDAs are up...hi, @ Blake Horstmann and Dylan Barbour!), not to mention some TRULY juicy BTS dirt straight from the set. Please sit back, relax, pretend you’re on a beach somewhere even though you’re definitely hiding under a blanket in bed, and feel free to enjoy with a large cup of happy juice aka white wine and Red Bull—a favorite in Paradise. Bye!