Helping Hand Parties & Weddings
Service levels: Full-service planning
Team size: 1 – 2
About Helping Hand Parties & Weddings
Helping Hand Parties & Weddings
We at Helping Hand Parties & Weddings know how stressful planning a wedding can be! That’s where we come in. We have an overwhelming passion to help brides and their families navigate these wedding waters. We love the excitement of coordinating a bride’s very special day. We love planning beautiful, classic, and timeless weddings that are both uniquely you and fun for all while pulling all your vendors into a team dedicated to making your wedding a non-stressful smashing success.
Helping Hand Parties & Weddings has been creating outstanding weddings since 2010. This is not a side hustle. It's what we do full time and we absolutely love what what do and it shows. Please check out our reviews to see what our clients love about us.
Services by planning level
| Full-service planning | Destination wedding | Partial planning | A la carte | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | We love creating a wedding day that is an event you will love and always treasure the memories from. We are there with you every step of the way starting with helping to create a theme and vision for the day, choosing and meeting with vendors, and keeping everything on track throughout the planning process. | This plan is different for everyone. We offer our partial and full plans wherever you choose to have your wedding so the services listed would depend on the plan chosen. Travel and accommodations would need to be covered for this plan. | For the couple who could use some help getting started, a little help and advice along the way and extensive help the last month through the wedding day. This package also includes a second coordinator to help on the day of. | We have a package for just running the wedding and rehearsal. We also offer packages for the following when extra help is needed: teardown helpers, setup teams, serving staff, rental coordination packages, dress preservation and cleaning, rehearsal dinner help, etc. |
| Planning begins | 12 Months out | 12 Months out | 12 Months out | 1 Month out |
| Contract Review | ||||
| Rentals & Linens | ||||
| Venue Recommendations | ||||
| Vendor Selection | ||||
| Vendor Management | ||||
| Transportation Coordination | ||||
| Venue Visits | ||||
| Final Venue Walkthrough | ||||
| Onsite Event Management | ||||
| Event Styling & Design | ||||
| Accommodation Coordination | ||||
| Timeline Creation & Management | ||||
| Pricing | Starts at $9,000 | Starts at $6,000 | Starts at $5,400 | Starts at $175 |
Reviews
Write a review5.0 out of 5
7 reviews
Dream Wedding
Erica is the owner of helping hands, and she gives 110% to her couples. My son and his fiance were married May 25, 2024. She met with them weekly at first and then as needed. She would give them tips, listen to what they wanted at the wedding and rehearsal and brought it to fruition. She guided this process from 1,400 miles away! She help them stay on budget and meet their minimum requirements for the venue. The day of the we rehearsal dinner and the day of the wedding she was there making sure the bride and bridesmaids were on schedule without being overbearing. Lie having a second mom ready to help. She kept the groom and the grooms men on schedule too. We had a couple issues with signage, our fault, and she was quick to come up with a solution so none was the wiser there was an error. I have one more son and I will use Erica and Helping Hands again. I only wished I had used her before.
Best Wedding
We went to Erica with a vague idea of our dream wedding: something that combined our love of live music with an elegant, classy atmosphere. We had no clue where to start, but from our first meeting, Erica completely understood our vision. She asked insightful questions and offered brilliant ideas, helping us shape those rough concepts into the best wedding we could have imagined. Thanks to her, our wedding was unique and unforgettable. We had dueling pianos, exceptional vendors, and countless personalized touches that we never would have thought of on our own. The number of guests who came up to us afterward to say it was the best wedding they’d ever attended speaks volumes about her expertise and attention to detail. Erica handled so many of the details that we would have overlooked entirely, guiding us through each decision and even reviewing every contract we signed to ensure we were getting exactly what we wanted. We felt completely supported and confident at every step because we knew she had our backs. Choosing Erica as our planner was one of the best decisions we made (right after picking each other!). If you’re looking for someone who can turn your dreams into reality with total professionalism, creativity, and dedication, we highly recommend her. Thanks to Erica, we were able to fully enjoy our special day, knowing every last detail was in perfect hands.
Erica Thimsen was Top Notch!
Erica Thimsen is the perfect wedding planner. She was outstanding from our first meeting to the final clean up! I am the mother of the bride and my daughter lives out of town with the wedding being held in Huntsville. Erica was extremely flexible in meeting with us when Katie was in town. Erica got to know Katie and her fiance and got a feel for their vision and she helped create a perfect day! Based on our vision, Erica put together a list of top notch vendors and then worked with each of them and us to create a wonderful wedding and reception. Having Erica made everything so much easier and actually fun! For the Rehersal and the Wedding, she had everything running like clock work. She helped make my daughter's dream wedding a reality! I recommend Erica and Helping Hand Parties & Weddings fully! She was much more than a helping hand!
Best Decision Ever
Erica and her team are AMAZING! I knew we were in good hands from our very first meeting. From helping us put together a dream team of vendors, to keeping us on track though the entire planning process Erica knew exactly how to make our dream wedding come to life. She handled each and every challenge with patience and professionalism and made sure our big day was PERFECT. All of my vendors and wedding party were impressed that I was so calm, and it’s because I had absolute faith in Erica and her team. If you want your wedding day to be literally stress free, Helping Hand Parties & Weddings will get you there.
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