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Start by browsing around NewEngland.com, a site affiliated with Yankee magazine, which is packed with destination articles and other planning assistance such as "best of New England vacations." If you search for "honeymoon," you'll also find about a dozen inns and B&Bs with honeymoon suites or specials and, for the Inn at Mystic, Conn., the irresistible note that Bogey and Bacall honeymooned there.

Boston.com, site of the Boston Globe, also has a New England travel section with articles and links.

Among guidebooks are "Romantic Weekends New England," by Patricia and Robert Foule (Hunter Travel Guides, 1998), "The Discerning Traveler's Guide to Romantic Hideaways of New England," by David and Linda Glickstein (St. Martin's Griffin, 1999), and "Hidden New England," by Susan Farewell (Ulysses Press, 5th edition 1998.)

Most of the online wedding sites have honeymoon sections that are good for ideas and first-person reports. Check out The Knot, the Ultimate Internet Wedding Guide, the Weddingpages, WayCool Weddings and OurMarriage.com.

Where can I find names of companies that offer insurance for when you're abroad?

The State Department publishes a brochure called Medical Information for Americans Traveling Abroad, which includes advice on the issue and a listing of insurance companies. There's also a section about health insurance as part of the department's brochure.

Foreign hospitals and doctors often require cash payment for their services, and several companies offer travel medical-care programs that help ensure you can find and obtain care quickly when you need it.

Before exploring such programs, travelers should check with their regular insurance providers to see whether benefits apply to medical expenses when outside of the country. Even if an insurance company will ultimately cover medical costs, U.S. coverage probably won't pay them directly or immediately.

Another source of medical help abroad is the International Association of Medical Assistance to Travelers (IAMAT). It's a nonprofit group whose directory provides help finding doctors who speak either English or French in addition to their mother tongue and who have had medical training in a Western country.

Anyone can belong to IAMAT, which does not charge for membership but asks for a donation. Besides a membership card that entitles the bearer to services and the fixed IAMAT rates charged by participating physicians, members get the directory of IAMAT physicians in 125 countries and territories. IAMAT physicians agree to a set payment schedule for the first visits for members.

Besides the directory, for $25 IAMAT offers publications pertaining to malaria and other diseases and a set of global weather charts. To enroll or for further information, contact IAMAT at 417 Center Street, Lewiston, NY 14092; phone (716) 754-4883.
salon.com | Sept. 29, 1999

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