important numbers
Airlines
WTE
Car Rentals
Air Canada (Canada, US)
American airlines (Canada, US)
Continental (US)
Continental (Canada)
Delta (Canada, US)
Northwest (US)
Northwest (Canada)
United airlines (Canada, US)
USAirways (Canada, US)
888-247-2262
800-433-7300
800-525-0280
800-231-0856
800-221-1212
800-225-2525
800-447-4747
800-241-6522
800-428-4322
Alamo (Canada, US)
Avis (Canada, US)
Budget (Canada, US)
Dollar (US)
Enterprise (Canada, US)
Hertz (US)
Hertz(Canada)
National (Canada, US)
Thrifty (Canada, US)
800-327-9633
800-331-1212
800-527-0100
800-800-4000
800-325-8007
800-654-3131
800-654-3001
800-227-7368
800-367-2277
Hotels
Credit Cards (Lost or stolen)
Best Western (Canada, US)
800-528-1234
Comfort Inn (Canada, US)
800-228-5150
Days Inn (Canada, US)
800-329-7466
Embassy suites (Canada, US)
800-362-2779
Hampton Inns (Canada, US)
800-426-7866
Hilton Hotels (World Wide)
800-445-8667
Holiday Inn Express (Canada,US) 800-465-4329
Howard Johnson (Canada, US) 800-446-4656
American Express (Canada,US)
Discover (Canada, US)
MasterCard (Global service)
VISA (Canada, US)
W O R K - T R AV E L - E D U C AT I O N
www.WTECenter.com
e-mail: [email protected]
tel.: 021/427-434;
064/129-55-48
Radnička 8, Novi Sad
800-252-8560
800-487-2978
800-627-8372
800-847-2911
Other
Western Union
800-325-6000
slang
difference in measures
Awesome: great and impressive
Beat: tired
Bushed: extremely tired
Catch some rays: get some sunshine
Cheesy: cheap; outmoded
Chicken: coward
Cool: excellent; superb
Dorky: strange; peculliar
Dudde: a person, usually a male
Flaky: unpredictable
Flick: movie
Get it: to understand something
Grand: one thousand dollars
I.D. : identification
I’m outta here: I’m leaving; I’m departing
Jerk: stupid or annoying person
Laid back: relaxed ; calm
Lame: incompetent
Luck out: to be lucky or fortunate
OK or okay: decent
Pig out: eat too much
Split: to leave
Sweet: pleasing, cool
Totally: really, complete
1 mile = 1.6 kilometers
1 yard (3feet) = 0.91 meters
1 foot (12 inches) = 30.48 cm
1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
1 pound (16oz) = 0.45 grams
1 gallon (4 quarts) = 3.79 liters
1 quart 84 cups) = 0.95 liters
32 F = 0 C
68 F = 30 C
95 F = 35 C
helpful websites
Law or regulations
www.state.gov
Social security
www.ssa.gov
Weather
www.weather.com
Get somewhere
www.mapquest.com
Buy plane ticket
www.travelocity.com
Local plane ticket
helpful tips
www.soutwest.com
Bus ticket
www.greyhound.com
- The legal drinking age in United States is 21 years
of age
- You may not drink alcohol i public places
- Possession of ilegeal drugs of any kind will result
in arrest
- Sex wit minor (anyone under 18years old) is
considered statutory rape an is punishable by law
- Additional illegal acts punishable by law in the
U.S. include: destruction of property, theft,
disorderly conduct, sexual harassment
Train ticket
www.amtrak.com
Poin to point transport
www.trips123.com
Trading, looking for place to live
www.craiglist.com
Need to locate hostel
www.hostelworld.com
time zones
150
165
-10
-11
ARCTIC
135
-9
120
105
-8
75
90
-6
-7
45
60
-4
-5
15
30
-3
0
30
45
+2
+3
15
0
-1
-2
+1
OCEAN
Svalbard
(NORWAY)
Qaanaaq
(Thule)
6
4
75
0
Greenland
Barents Sea
(DENMARK)
Baffin
Bay
Beaufort Sea
Greenland Sea
3
7
1
Itseqqortoomiit
(Scoresbysund)
Jan Mayen
(NORWAY)
5
9
Norwegian
Sea
Repulse Bay
U.S.
6
Dawson
Davis
Strait
Iqaluit
(Frobisher Bay)
Nuuk (Godthåb)
Denmark
Strait
0
ICELAND
SWEDEN
Anchorage
60
C A N A D A
Labrador
Sea
IRELAND
Québec
Chicago
8
PACIFIC
OCEAN
30
BEL.
FRANCE
(FRANCE)
NORTH
ATLANTIC
5
Dallas
Bermuda
(U.K.)
AUS.
SWITZ.
SLO.
(PORT.)
ROMANIA
BOS.&
HER.
SER. &
MONT.
ALB.
SPAIN
Casablanca
TUNISIA
U.S.
10
MEXICO
.
Istanbul
CYPRUS
LEB.
ISRAEL
Cairo
LIBYA
Western
Sahara
GEORGIA
ARMENIA
TURKEY
Mediterranean Sea
MOROCCO
CANARY ISLANDS
THE
BAHAMAS
Black Sea
BULGARIA
MACE.
GREECE
ALGERIA
Gulf of
Mexico
MOLDOVA
HUNG.
CRO.
MALTA
MADEIRA
ISLANDS
UKRAINE
SLOV.
1
OCEAN
Samara
BELARUS
CZ. REP.
ITALY
PORTUGAL
AZORES
HAITI
BELIZE
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
JAMAICA
Caribbean Sea
CAPE VERDE
SYRIA
IRAQ
KUWAIT
BAHRAIN
EGYPT
Red
Sea
MAURITANIA
SENEGAL
MALI
0
NIGER
CHAD
Cas
S
AZERBAIJ
JORDAN
CUBA
Mexico
Izh
Moscow
LITH.
POLAND
GERMANY
LUX.
(PORT.)
6
NETH.
RUS.
(SPAIN)
HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS
15
UNITED STATES
3
LAT.
DENMARK
Paris
St. Pierre
and Miquelon
New York
Denver
7
Los Angeles
KINGDOM
London
Island of
Newfoundland
3½
Toronto
North
Sea
UNITED
4
Winnipeg
NORTH
St. Petersburg
EST.
Edmonton
45
FINLAND
NORWAY
Hudson
Bay
ERITREA
SAUDI
ARABIA
3
YEMEN
USA - KANADA
glavni gradovi
120
50
100
110
Edmonton
90
River
River
130
C A N A D A
Vancouver
50
Regina
Seattle
Winnipeg
Olympia
Québec
Washington
Montana
Salem
Helena
Oregon
Maine
North Dakota
Bismarck
Montpelier N.H.
Vt.
Concord
Boston
Albany
Michigan
Mass.
Wisconsin
Providence
New York
Lansing
Hartford R.I.
Madison
Conn.
40
Detroit
New York
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Iowa
Philadelphia Trenton
New Jersey
Harrisburg
Dover
Des Moines
Ohio
Md.
Del.
Indiana
Illinois
Annapolis
Columbus West
Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Indianapolis
Springfield
Richmond
St. Louis
Charleston
70
Virginia
Frankfort
Jefferson City
St. Paul
South Dakota
Pierre
Wyoming
40
Sacramento
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Carson City
Salt Lake City
Nevada
Lincoln
Utah
San Francisco
Denver
Topeka
Colorado
California
Kansas
Las Vegas
Toronto
Missouri
Kentucky
Raleigh
Nashville
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Phoenix
North
Pacific
Ocean
Memphis
Arkansas
Oklahoma City
New Mexico
North Carolina
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Arizona
Columbia
Little Rock
Mississippi
Dallas
Jackson
Alabama
Montgomery
North
Atlantic
Ocean
South
Carolina
Atlanta
Mexicali
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Tallahassee
Baton
Rouge
Austin
Hermosillo
New Orleans
Houston
Florida
Chihuahua
MEXICO
Gulf of Mexico
THE BAHAMAS
Miami
Nassau
Monterrey
500 Miles
100
90
80
ALJASKA
veći gradovi
70
Barrow
Chukchi
Sea
Prudhoe
Bay
Inuvik
RUSSIA
Arctic Circle
Anadyr'
60
Provideniya
Bering Nome
Strait
Alaska
CANADA
Fairbanks
60
Whitehorse
Valdez
Anchorage
Bethel
Bering
Sea
Juneau
Gulf of Alaska
170
Ketchikan
Scale 1:37,000,000
AL
180
EU
T IAN
N
I S LA
170
Augusta
Minnesota
Idaho
Boise
Montréal
Ottawa
0
DS
0
160
150
400 Kilometers
400 Miles
140
(R02418)
30