What a decision- we love them both. Vero has the beach right at the resort. HH has a beach house, pool and beach about a mile away from condos. (Also has a pool and marsh area at the condo.) My teenagers like both places though. HH has an area within walking distance with restaurants, etc. We always take a dolphin cruise when we go to HH. Both places have some "organized Pool activities" on the weekend. Both have a great laid back feel- such a tough decision- I'd say Vero has a more "key west" feel and HH has a more southern tree kind of landscape with fishing, crabbing kind of landscape. If you love to ride bikes, the trails at HH seem better. They have bikes at Vero but you see more bikes around the condos at HH. Both towns have lots of restaurants, movies, outlet malls etc. Vero is within 2 hours of Disney if you wanted to go there for a day trip. When we are at Vero we mostly do pool and beach and activities at the condo each day. when we are at Hilton Head we seem to go out to eat more and do other stuff too.