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We always hoiliday the last 2 weeks in August. Sites are still busy enough to enjoy. I cant compare the traffic on the roads as we have never used them outside those 2 weeks but we have always found them to be jam free and quiet. The weather is still very good and everything still open with plenty of tourists still around and we have never had a problem parking or getting in anywhere. The French by tradition have always ended their summer hols on the nearest weekend after Assumption day as Kabbes says.

Carol

We also go the last 2 weeks in August and never book sites, except sometimes the last night at Bien Assise or Grandspette.

If the weather isn't good (like the last 2 years) we just move on 

For the first time this year, we holidayed in France in the last 2 weeks of August. Like the OP, we used to always go as soon as school finished. However, because of buying the caravan this year we decided to wait a bit and go mid-August.

Hubby and I really preferred it; as our holiday went on, the site gradually became quieter and quieter, as did the surrounding area. The boys said they missed having loads and loads of friends to hang out with, they were glad to have each other for company. We had the pool to ourselves for half an hour one day! The wash blocks were quieter too. We were amazed to see how the site emptied after the Bank Holiday weekend (15th). The weather was brilliant, although the evenings were shorter so we made sure we ate a bit earlier. We hadn't considered it would be cheaper later in August so were pleasantly surprised with our bill, as we'd paid less than the previous year, and had stayed 2 nights longer too. We always go to the same site, but I'd imagine that you wouldn't need to book a pitch as there were loads vacant on ours at the end of August.

Quote: Originally posted by colinlob on 28/9/2009

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Then we have to be back for the week before bank holiday monday at the end of august, to enroll the next lot of delightful students in a great rush, even though about a third of them are still on holiday until after the bank holiday.

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Yes, there is that bit where you get paid so that you can spend it on ferries to get to France, fuel in France and pitches on France.