And then there were two. The finale began with the women's visits with Travis' family, who were flown across the ocean to the 14th-century Parisian chateau that Travis had called home during the show's filming. The event proved to be a true family affair, with Travis' two young nieces joining Travis' father, mother, sister, and brother-in-law for the visit.

Sarah met with Travis' family first and the meeting went extraordinarily well, with every member of the family -- including Travis' young nieces -- gushing about Sarah by the time their day together had ended. "You guys loved meeting Sarah and Sarah loved meeting you and it's pretty obvious to me that you couldn't have gotten along any better with her," Travis remarked to his family as they later discussed the visit. "She's a fantastic young lady, I mean just her heart and soul, she's so pure and true and genuine," Travis' father Roger gushed.

"I don't think there's any chance Moana will make a better impression [than Sarah], it will be a question of can Moana make an equally good impression." Travis admitted after discussing Sarah's visit with his family.

Unfortunately for her, Moana's visit didn't go nearly as well, with her inability to articulate her feelings for Travis causing his family to long for Sarah before their visit with the 26-year-old distribution manager had even ended.

"It makes you realize how much you like Sarah after going through this," Travis' frustrated brother-in-law Mike vented to the rest of the adult family members after Travis and Moana snuck away for a private moment. "I honestly love Moana, I want her to fit in, I want her to be able to connect with all of us but there was something that was tense in the room, it just didn't connect," Travis' sister Andrea explained.

"The way dinner went, it definitely emphasized that I have a connection with Moana that only her and I understand," Travis admitted after Moana's visit with his family had ended. "I wish the night had gone as smoothly with Moana as it had with Sarah." Travis didn’t want his decision to be too swayed with his family’s choice which was obviously for the Nashville native Sarah.

Afterward, both women were surprised by individual visits from their mothers, who took them on shopping trips for a potential wedding rings and final rose ceremony dresses. Travis then had his final individual dates with Sarah and Moana, setting the stage for the final rose ceremony in which each woman arrived at the chateau to separately learn of Travis' final decision.

First Travis meets with Moana, who, up until this point, was always labeled as the “black sheep” of the group. Travis gushes over their relationship and his feelings for her and how they connect so well but there was always something nagging. He tells her, “If I listen to my heart, I can't choose you... I'm so sorry," Moana admits she’s shocked at his decision. But Travis has no great explanantion. "You will always have a piece of me I can never get back," said Moana.

Moana held up well until Travis was out of sight. However once she returned to the privacy of her limousine, her emotions quickly surfaced. "I'm emotionally devastated... I'm so shocked, at first I almost thought it was a joke," Moana, still seemingly attempting to maintain a smile, explained to the cameras inside her departing limousine. "I've just never been so vulnerable before in my life. And so dead on, to be so wrong, and to be made such a fool," she began crying.

Finally, it’s Sarah’s turn who is still unaware of the outcome. "When I'm with you I'm happy," Travis tells Sarah before informing her of his decision. "I definitely never expected to come over here and have feelings -- I certainly didn't expect to have feelings like this and the greatest irony is you're from Nashville because when I spend time with you I feel like I'm at home [so] I choose you," the 33-year-old Vanderbilt Medical Center emergency room doctor told Sarah. "I'm so happy right now, because every time I'm with you it's perfect." "Travis, you are so perfect for me," the giddy 26-year-old Nashville kindergarten teacher replied.

Much like a select few of previous Bachelors, Travis does not propose to her. Instead he presents her with a necklace containing the 2.2 karat diamond engagement ring she had selected earlier.

"So this is a ring on a necklace... what it is to me is a symbol of the connection that we've found here -- you are the person that I can see myself spending my life with," Travis explained after the couple had shared a celebratory kiss and a hug (and a quiet laugh about Sarah's squeaking shoes.)

"I'm not someone who would ever make a promise to you that I can't keep, but the promise I do give you is that I am so excited to go back to Nashville and spend time with you and see where this relationship goes and I want this to work and I can't wait... I can't wait to be with you, so can I put it on?"

Sarah replied yes. "Thank you... I'm so happy right now," she gushed after Travis put the necklace around her neck. "I'm so excited, I really am. Thank you."