Before answering, I'd like to mention a couple of ideas:

- Ask yourself if you are willing to pay language classes.
- Think if you are willing to commit to attend classes, study and do all homework, in case you enroll in a class... or if you want a natural way (aka learn it without working hard).
- Consider if you want to speak it properly or if you just want to speak it like Sitting-Bull smoking the peace-pipe with General Custer (aka you want to a have a deeper/more fullfilling conversation or just communicate basic ideas no matter how bad you speak the language).

If you want to learn it well and are willing to work hard, then go for classes several times a week, work hard and READ as much as you can. Try to find someone for an exchange (English vs. Spanish/French).

If you want to communicate and don't feel like studying too much, go for downloading a "natural way", you won't waste too much money if you get soon tired.

Two last ideas: unless you are a gypsy with plenty of time in every country and great talent and need of learning the language, just basic chatting won't make you a great speaker. And keep in mind that, by contrast to the rain, where you get always soaked if you walk under the storm, getting to a foreign country does not guarantee you speaking or learning the language (beyond petrol, room, food, etc).

Hope it helps. Safe trips,

Esteban