I want to be able to break away from the package tour occasionally. I want to learn to conduct conversations in a new language. Let's face it, there are plenty of folks who have no interest or aptitude for learning foreign languages. You can have a great time and a lifetime of wonderful memories even if you limit yourself to English speaking countries. Visit other countries in a fully escorted package tour.
Many people see the world on fully escorted package tours and have a great time.
If you go on a package tour, you might want to learn a few words of the native language. This will give you the courage to strike out on your own for a few hours, perhaps taking a walk around your hotel neighborhood. Using other cars' licence plates as flash cards read the numbers to yourself out loud. In addition, get a phrase book and dictionary to take with your on your trip. Berlitz books are the classic.