Holiday home management on the Mornington PeninsulaBig homes, full weekends and one team that knows the Peninsula.
We look after large and luxury homes from Mount Martha to Flinders. Here is how we fill them, price them and care for them, shown with real homes and real numbers.
By Tom Antonie, CEO and co-founderUpdated 11 November 20266 min read- Airbnb host rating, 4,210 reviews
- 4.91
- Bookings behind our pricing
- 20,426
- Views of one launch film
- 33,773
- Instagram views in a year
- 1.88m
Good holiday home management on the Mornington Peninsula comes down to three things. Know who books a big Peninsula home and why. Price every night from real bookings, not guesses. Then keep the home ready for the next group. We do all three with one team, and you can watch it happen in your owner portal.
How Lively manages holiday homes
Blanc de Noir, Mount Martha · Galene, Mount Martha
Groups who want the whole place to themselves
Large Peninsula homes are booked by groups. Families meeting up for a week in January. Friends turning forty. A bridal party staying near the venue. Golfers down for a long weekend. They all want the same thing: room for everyone, under one roof, close to the beach or the vines.
That shapes everything we do. The photos lead with the spaces a group shares. The listing answers a group's questions first, like beds, bathrooms, parking and the walk to the water. And the price is set for the whole home, night by night.
Musk Creek, Flinders. The view to Western Port.
Wedding guests need a bed near the venue
Weddings bring some of the Peninsula's best weekends. A couple books a venue, then needs somewhere for the bridal party and close family. That is the booking a large home is made for.
Musk Creek in Flinders shows how we go after it. It is a place to stay, not a venue. We built a page just for wedding guests, with drive times to six nearby venues, and pointed paid ads at it. If your home is near Red Hill, Main Ridge, Flinders or Sorrento, the same plan can work for you.
The page wedding guests land on
Musk Creek, Flinders. The estate at the centre of its launch. · Musk Creek, Flinders
Films and creators that give people a reason to come
A listing on its own gets lost. So we make films, invite creators and line up local partners, until a home has a story people want to share.
For Musk Creek's launch that meant a creator wellness weekend with Mornington BMW, a collaboration with Pt. Leo Estate and pizza from DOC. One creator's Reel from that weekend passed 13,000 views. Cape Home in Cape Schanck has an architect film with 33,773 views, and it hasn't opened yet. Every one of those films points back to the home's own page, where guests can check dates.
Gunnamatta Beach · Mornington Peninsula
Prices that follow the Peninsula's seasons, night by night
Peninsula demand swings hard. Summer weekends, Christmas and Easter fill fast. A wet Tuesday in July does not.
Our founders built PricingHub to price each night on its own. It learns from 20,426 real bookings across 248 homes from the three holiday rental businesses in our group. For every date it asks how busy that night is across all our homes, then in the local area, then at your home. Your portfolio manager sets the rate, checks your rules and eases unbooked nights as the date gets closer. We check every rate against the lowest price you set.
$2,193
One real Peninsula night, worked out
A five-bedroom waterfront home that sleeps 14, on Friday 29 January 2027, priced 80 days ahead. It starts at $1,497 from real bookings, then the date lifts it. The pricing guide shows every step.
Callum, senior portfolio manager
A portfolio manager who knows your home by name
Every home has a portfolio manager, such as Callum, Kristen or Kane, with our founders Tom and Guss close by. They organise cleaning, linen and maintenance around the booking calendar, check the home between stays, and call you when something needs a decision. Big Peninsula homes see heavy use over summer, so small jobs get done before they become big ones.
You see the same picture they do. Your owner portal shows what's booked, what guests said, what things cost and your statements, and you can ask a question any time. We built it ourselves, so it keeps getting better.
Your bookings and calendar
Luxury Portsea Sanctuary, Portsea. The owner's own words.
Attention to detail and a high level of coordination meant guests have consistently loved their stay.
Musk Creek's launch, told by the people who were there
These are real posts from the Musk Creek launch weekend in Flinders, published by the creators who stayed and by us. Each one opens on Instagram.
Creator Reel · 8 November 2026Musk Creek / The wellness weekend
Creator post · 8 November 2026Musk Creek / The Mornington BMW arrival
Creator post · 8 November 2026Musk Creek / Wellness by the pool
Creator post · 9 November 2026Musk Creek / The bowling lane
Creator Reel · 7 November 2026Musk Creek × Pt. Leo Estate
Reel · 9 November 2026Cape Home / Handover day
Thinking about your Peninsula home?
Tell us about the home and the weeks you want to keep. We'll come back with a plan, a gross earnings range and the work it needs first.
Photo: Musk Creek, Flinders. The view to Western Port.
Before you go
Questions owners ask about the Mornington Peninsula
Which parts of the Mornington Peninsula do you cover?
We look after homes right across the Peninsula, from Mornington and Mount Martha to Sorrento, Portsea, Rye, Red Hill and Flinders. Large and luxury homes are our focus here. If your home is somewhere else on the Peninsula, ask us.
Can I still use my holiday home?
Yes. You choose the weeks you want to keep before we open the calendar, and you can plan your own stays later through your owner portal. We build the earnings range around the dates you actually make available.
Do you look after wedding guests?
Yes. Many large Peninsula homes suit a bridal party or a family staying near a wedding venue. The homes we manage are for staying in. The wedding itself happens at the venue, not at the house.
How do you set the price for each night?
Our own pricing model, PricingHub, estimates each night from real bookings at your home and at similar homes, then adjusts for how busy the date is. Your portfolio manager sets the actual rate and checks your own rules, like your lowest nightly price, before it goes live.
What does management include?
Getting the home ready, including styling advice and photography. Marketing, from films and social content to paid campaigns. Pricing every night. Talking with guests before, during and after their stay. Organising cleaning, linen, maintenance and trades. Your owner portal and monthly statements.
What will it cost?
Your proposal sets out the management fee, what it includes and any other costs for your home, so you can see the whole arrangement before you decide. We don't publish one fee for every home, because homes need different work.
Who will I deal with?
A portfolio manager who knows your home, such as Callum, Kristen or Kane, backed by our founders, Tom and Guss. You can also ask a question any time in your owner portal and see the answer there.
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How we worked this out
Instagram figures come from Lively's own Instagram Insights: 11 October to 9 November 2026 for the 30-day figures, and the 12 months to 8 November 2026 for the yearly one. Views include repeat plays. Creator Reel views are the public counts we read on 10 November 2026.
Pricing figures come from PricingHub, our own pricing model, worked out on 10 November 2026. It started from 22,084 booking records and kept the 20,426 confirmed bookings with a clear nightly price, across 248 homes from the three holiday rental businesses in our group. We keep the example home's name private.
Review scores were read on 10 November 2026. The Airbnb score of 4.91 from 4,210 reviews is for our host profile, not one home. Google shows 5.0 from 459 reviews.
This guide explains how we work. It is not an earnings forecast or a promise of bookings for your home, and every figure is gross, before any costs.