http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_booking-place-ringbooking a place without the ring?
It isn't so much the OP but if you scroll down.... a NYE that has completely booked and planned her wedding because she doesn't want her engaged cousins to steal her date. She has told her cousins about the date even.