Step 1: Get a Home Study Course There's just no getting around the fact that you're going to have to spend some money on your own education if you're really serious about learning Spanish especially if you're really in a hurry and don't have time to sample everything out there Personally, for this purpose, I like Synergy Spanish (see bottom) because it's specifically designed to get someone has proficient in simple daily conversational Spanish as quickly as possible, it can be completed in a few days to a couple weeks (depending on how hard you want to work at it) since it's only 68 lessons that are 10 minutes long each, it's only $49, and it's almost entirely audio (it does include an e-book) so you can listen to it in the car

Step 1: Determine What You Want Are you trying to master the Spanish language and gain complete native fluency or do you just need basic proficiency to get by for a few weeks on vacation/work How long do you have to gain the proficiency that you need, a few days, weeks, or years