by Brook Wilkinson

If you book travel online (and is there any other option these days?), now you can contribute to your favorite charities at the same time. Start your search at Goodshop.com, choose a cause (anything from the ASPCA to your local elementary school), and then begin shopping at any of more than three dozen travel Web sites--Travelocity, Expedia, Budget Rent-A-Car, Delta, and the like. Every time you complete a transaction, a certain percentage or dollar amount of your purchase will go to the charity you've chosen. It's that simple! I'm kicking myself that I didn't find out about this until after I booked a flight through CheapTickets the other day.

Goodshop is a spin-off of Goodsearch, another site you might want to bookmark. This search engine donates 50 percent of its revenue to charity. Searches are powered by Yahoo!, and the proceeds go to whichever cause you choose.