I would definitely recommend this to someone about to travel along with something that taught basic grammar. I was kind of skeptical about this, but I got it out of the library anyway and I was surprised at how much I learned. I feel like I could get around in a Spanish-speaking country with what I learned from this.
It isn’t perfect. It consists of Michel Thomas teaching a male and female student and guiding them as they make mistakes and things. The male student is particularly annoying. I almost feel bad for him. I would have preferred for him to cover more subjects and vocabulary rather than repeating things, because you can always listen to the CDs again.
If you’re taking a trip and you want to get up to speed relatively quickly, this is a good place to start, though learning some grammar would be a big help in addition. I don’t know how much it costs, but my library had it and it was well worth my time to listen to it.