We're not the type to lay on the beach all day so we try and see as much as we can. For the livelier places such as Boracay, Bohol and Puerto Galera we stay for 5-7 nights and the quieter places and cities usually for around 3 nights. Works out quite well so long as the travel between places isn't too complicated and planned beforehand. A couple of journeys this time took longer than anticipated but overall it went pretty smoothly.