If you are looking online then those places will have inflated prices because they know people that go online mostly foreigners and can afford it. I have checked online such as AirBnB and the prices are definitely inflated compared to what my relatives pay when they make the travel arrangements. That places that I have stayed at do not have an online presence and are more modest.
Your expectations might be off, when people throw off terms like low COL it's normally for how locals live. It doesn't mean that you can get the same goods or services that you might be used to at the same quality for less.
Labor in general is a fraction of what it would cost in the Philippines vs a developed country, laundry service, driver, maid, haircut, ect. But for imported goods it's actually more expensive, for example cars, phones, computers, imported foods, ect. If you expect to have the same amenities as you would find in a developed country, from my experience it is actually more expensive in the Philippines.
If you eat where the locals eat and stay where the local's stay it will be very affordable, but if you stay at resorts or eat at western chain restaurants its about the same price.
