Husband and I have our first day in Veli and 4 other days in Dhigu. We arrived their office at airport at 12:30pm as they suggested. 2 more couples in the same room and we 3 couples have waited for another 50 minutes before getting onto the seaplane which we need to wait for another family landing. They not let you go first when not all people arrived.
Staffs are nice and friendly. Equipment for snorkeling is free. Restaurants shares with their sister island Dhigu, totally 7 restaurants. Pontoon is always ready to transfer between them. We tried 5 restaurants, price ranged from US100-250 per meal (2 pax). All are ok, can be better but still ok.
We paid for the event of fishing and snorkeling by going farer from the island. You can have your fishes as lunch if you fished some with another USD 35++ / head. You can play Ocean Kayak for free for 2 hours each day. Our room in Dhigu is Sunset Over-water Suite, our view from the bathroom is sea-view, however, you will find some guests playing their Kayak or swimming just in front of your bathroom, which the window is transparent and the semi-transparent curtain actually couldn’t cover the whole fullview glass window.
All expends on the island were charged to the room, you will need to pay one-stop at the end by either credit-card or cash. However, you will only need some cashes as tips to the workers. If you like snorkeling, there are not much to see.