About this vendor
The Total Package Wedding and Party Planning is a company specializing in wedding and event coordination. If you need help organizing your wedding celebration, these professionals can offer expert guidance and valuable advice. From your walk down the aisle to the first dance, they will be there to ensure everything runs smoothly.
The Total Package Wedding and Party Planning is owned and operated by Debbie Ernst. After working as a hairdresser for over 30 years, Debbie was inspired to follow her dream of becoming a wedding planner. She started out by organizing events for her family and friends before launching a full-time career. With her dynamic energy and creativity, Debbie will do her best to make the planning experience fun and enjoyable.
Services such as full and partial planning and day-of coordination are available at The Total Package Wedding and Party Planning. Whatever your requirements, Debbie will work closely with you to create a customized package that fits your vision. She can assist you with budget analysis, vendor referrals, guest-list management, and so much more. If you need extra help staying on track, Debbie can create to-do lists and timelines for you to follow.
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
- Destination Wedding Planning
Planning
- A la Carte Wedding Planning
- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
- Destination Wedding Planning
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- Honeymoon Planning
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Honeymoon
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Bachelor Party
Awards and Affiliations
2021 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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5
out of 5.026 reviews
Deb is wonderful at listening to you
your desires and then making it come to life!
She is extraordinary at details and covering things you would have never thought of!
Wonderful! Helpful! Was there for every meeting and event to help the day run smoothly!
Debbie was very sweet and professional!
Debbie did an amazing job decorating for my daughter’s graduation party! She went above and beyond to make our party exactly how we envisioned. She was flexible and easy to work wi...
th. She made the entire experience fun. I love how the party turned out. We had numerous compliments from our guests. I would highly recommend The Total Package for your decorating and party planning!
Debbie helped me to finalize details and organize the flow of the wedding day. It took a lot of stress off of me. She also set up decorations the day of so the wedding party didn’t...
have to worry about it.
Trust me when I say that hiring Debbie will be one of the best decisions you make during your wedding planning process. Her attention to detail, knowledge and genuine passion and c...
ommitment to achieving the wedding of your dreams is what sets her apart. She kept me on track with everything that needed to be done in all the months leading up to the wedding, communicated and coordinated with all my vendors on their timelines, set up times, and all the other fine details, created a minute by minute timeline for the actual wedding day, and made the vision I had for my reception space even more beautiful than any of inspiration pictures I showed her. She even made sure the train of my dress was laid out perfectly before I walked down the aisle. My wedding day was absolutely perfect and stress free and I know that is because of all the help, time, and effort Debbie put in to making sure it wasn’t anything less. She is truly the best and I can’t recommend her enough!!
Debbie was amazing!
We were decided on somethings and thought we were prepared but we learned quickly how much we didn't know. She helped us to develop our design, helped us to ta...
ke backyard wedding, to elevated glam outdoor wedding while still staying true our likes and dislikes.
She has wonderful vendor relationships with florist, caterers etc thatadding to the day to make it that much more wonderful.
Debbie was on point, professional, reliable, honest, timely, and there every step of the way keeping us and the vendors on schedule. Debbie is so so much fun to work with and without her the day would simply had not been as beautiful.
It was lovely working with Debbie! We hired her on at a relatively short notice and she knocked it outside of the park! She was attentive, flexible, and dependable! Would recommend...
her to anyone!
I cannot say enough of how pleased I am with Debbie,s time, commitment and PERSONAL attention to detail she did for my daughters wedding!!! She was non-stop with ideas and organiz...
ation and kept us on a time schedule which we needed! She is so personal and professional I wish I could give her 10 stars ⭐️ just simply the best at what she does. Your my Rockstar 🏆
Debbie was great! She helped us find a new shuttle as our original shuttle cancelled 11 days before the wedding.
Deb is exceptional at details! A beautiful person and now a new friend. We hired Deb for "day of" but she was so much more! She goes so far beyond anything you expect. We had a bac...
kyard wedding that ended up looking magical! ALL of our guests raved about the entire presentation! HIGHLY recommended to make your day "perfect ". A million thank yous Deb - you're the best!
With COVID 19 bearing down on us and our wedding plans getting changed from being postponed, to 50 guests to 0, Deb still made our day so special and supported each and every decis...
ion we made along the way. Debbie will be in our lives forever. She is a beautiful person and truly wants to make your dreams come true. Thank you Debbie, for making our day so special!!!
The day could not have been any more perfect. My days leading up to my wedding were during Covid-19, but with Debbie by my side the stress and anxiety of possibly having to cancel ...
or reschedule was nonexistent. She made each step of the way easy. Debbie kept me moving forward with smiles & positivity. Getting married during a pandemic was something I would have never imagined, without Debbie I would have been lost. There are not enough positive things I can say...she is just simply amazing.
Highly recommend! Debbie is the best Wedding Planner ever. Planning a wedding can be stressful but with Debbie help she put things at ease, that way I was able to relax and just ...
focus on getting married. She was so happy, excited and enjoyed helping us plan our wedding . She has great packages deals that fits everyone budget. The most important thing to me was that she was more excited about helping plan my wedding than I was at times . she was always so kind, positive energy, and just great to talk to . Thank you so much Debbie for helping plan a beautiful Wedding.
We can't thank Debbie, owner of Total Package Wedding and Party Planning enough for all her hard work for our daughters wedding. You are always so professional and you continued to...
bring fresh ideas. In light of all that was going on in the world with COVID-19, she went above and beyond the call of duty to make this joyous intimate wedding with our closest friends and family. She is easy to work with and lots of fun especially when it comes to planning your event. I would recommend her to others with high praise. God bless you and your business. Thank you from each and everyone of us
This was a destination wedding for our daughter. The venue recommended Debbie to help and she was wonderful. We used all her recommendations. She went so above and beyond. When i...
t was discovered the venue doesn't cut up the cake, she did, nobody asked her, she just did it. We would use her again
Debbie helped our family plan a celebration this past summer. She was truly amazing from the first email and the last hug good bye. I live out of state and relied on Debbie for eve...
rything from the venue, menu, seating, table decor and everything in-between ! Her attention to detail and kindness made out celebration intimate and truly beautiful!!
The Total Package is the perfect choice for all of your event coordinating needs. Debbie applies all of her creative expertise, her unique sense of style, and her careful attention...
to detail to any special event that you are planning, I have attended a number of weddings, baby and wedding showers, and other gatherings both large and small. I was so impressed that when planning a large event for National Women’s Heart Month I collaborated with her to create the perfect celebration to recognize women living with and thriving with heart disease. Her ingenuity, enthusiasm, and sense of class and style made the evening a huge success. The Total Package will always be my first choice for coordinating spectacular events for any special occasion.
As an overwhelmed bride that doesn't like making decisions, Debbie was our saving grace! She is super knowledgeable, and if she didn't know the answer to something, she found it ou...
t as soon as she could.
Planning a wedding is exhausting, but having Debbie there to meet with once a month and available to call anytime we needed was such a huge relief. She kept us on task, never made us feel like a burden or that we were asking too much, and from the moment we met we were immediately comfortable with her.
Would 10/10 recommend The Total Package to make your wedding day as easy and stress-free as possible!!
By far the best decision we made when planning my Son’s wedding! Debbie is extremely knowledgeable and professional. She guided us every step of the way, we couldn’t have had a bet...
ter day without her!
Debbie was absolutely amazing! I highly recommend her! She helped plan my Harry Potter themed wedding and bridal shower. She listened to my ideas and had amazing ideas of her own- ...
things I didn’t even think of! No detail was left undone! She thought of EVERYTHING. I was so grateful for her well thought our itinerary for the day of the wedding. She helped keep things on track and was my voice when I was so caught up in the magic of the day. I never once felt stressed and I felt very well taken care of! Debbie was very attentive, made me feel comfortable through the whole process, and she’s very kind and fun! I can’t recommend her services enough! I will definitely be turning to her for all of my future party planning needs!
I had the pleasure to work with the Total Package for my wedding in September 2015, she helped me with my decorations and they looked amazing, she has a great sense for making your...
day come to life. I highly recommend them!
The Total Package wedding planning is so amazing and worth the investment! Debbie is one of the sweetest people you will ever meet and her attention to detail is beyond words. She ...
thought of details I did not know I needed to consider. Having her there on my wedding day was a huge reason everything went so smoothly and I didn’t feel any stress at all. I 100% recommend her!
The Total Package IS the total package! Debbie is fantastic! So compassionate and caring. She is very supportive and has great ideas. Hire her, you won't regret it!!
Debbie went above & beyond to assist me on my special day. I contacted her far in advance of my wedding and she kept in touch with me every couple months just to see if there was ...
anything she could assist me with. She is definitely one of a kind and someone you NEED to have for your special day!! Her attitude, presence and knowledge was spectacular!! Highly Recommended!!
The Total Package has taken care of all my major events from showers to daughter ‘s wedding in the past few years. Debbie never disappoints me with her creative eye for details. I ...
highly recommend her for any event that you want to completely impress your guests.
Contact
St. Clair, Macomb, Oakland, Wayne County
The Total Package Wedding and Party Planning