How would use guys do it or how did u do it?

Not thinking about anytime soon but few mates have proposed recently and made me think how I would do it. Guy from work woke his girlfriend up during the night as it was her birthday and just asked her lol. Others have taken them on holiday and had a massive thing planned. My girlfriends brother did it infront of her parents, got guts I'd be bricking it just me and her