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We are going to France for the month of August wit hour motorhome - heading towards the La Rochelle area - we have never been in August before, but can't avoid it this time.

Do we have to book sites - or will we find coastal sitges?

If you're not touring, and have already decided on an area, then you may as well book!  After all, not booking is only useful if you aren't sure which area you're heading for - and are touring like many of us do, heading 'somewhere' (more often than not, not even decided in advance) for as long, or as little as we like.  If you want the La Rochelle area for a month then you may as well book - certainly the first couple of weeks - and then find somewhere else once sites become quieter during the last two weeks in August.

Thank you all for the advice -  we had decided on the general area of La Rochelle, but want to spend a few days in several different locations - we are also going to the Puy Du Fou during our trip.  We are happy to use aires some of the time, but I think we will hedge our bet and book a couple of sites to be sure.

We travelled to  theVanne/Port Navalo area for the last 2 weeks of  July in 2011, and having booked the sites we used then found quite a lot of space in all of them except our final one, with people saying to us that there were less visitors about than in previous years - hence our asking the question about visiting in August.

I doubt its a case of you not finding spots, just you may not find teh spots you want to be at

Don't forget the Euro exchange rate is making European destinations more appealing again from a cost point of view so you may find sites busier this year who knows?

We have been to france about 5 times in August and never booked a single site.  We have been to le Rochelle twice and not booked and been able to find a pitch no bother. We do tend to favour smaller sites so cannot comment on the bigger more commercial sites.

Sandra.